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Thread #93319 Message #1796884
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
30-Jul-06 - 10:51 AM
Thread Name: BS: Trial by British Media
Subject: RE: BS: Trial by British Media
Guest 08:26:
If they are found to be innocent, they will be declared so by the Courts.
In English courts no-one is ever declared innocent. They may be declared 'Not Guilty', at which stage the English law has a presumption of innocence. But that is only a presumption. Innocence is notoriously difficult to prove.
Even when an earlier 'Guilty' decision is overturned, it is usually only stated that the previous decision was unsafe. A person is rarely (if ever) declared innocent.