Top 10 Presumption Of Innocence Quotes

The presumption of innocence is not just a legal concept. In commonplace terms, it rests on that generosity of spirit which assumes the best, not the worst, of the stranger.

The presumption of innocence is not just a legal concept. In commonplace terms, it rests on that generosity of spirit which assumes the best, not the worst, of the stranger.

Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Presumption Of Innocence, Generosity, Spirit

I believe I am entitled like any other person to have the presumption of innocence.

Peter Slipper

Believe, Presumption Of Innocence, Persons

"Oppn launches twin attempts to interrupt Parliament". "AM " with Naomi Woodley, www.abc.net.au. May 8, 2012.

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave.

Dee Dee Myers

Government, Presumption Of Innocence, Generations

"Dee Dee Myers : Press Secretary to an Administration Full of Talkers". Interview with Thomas B. Rosenstiel, articles.latimes.com. March 20, 1994.

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

Barney Frank

Presumption Of Innocence, People, Entitled

Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence.

Robert Breault

Self, Presumption Of Innocence, Judgment

An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.

DMX

Presumption Of Innocence, Important, Fundamentals

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

I don't think the law exists to arrive at the truth. If it did, we wouldn't have exclusionary rules, we wouldn't have presumptions of innocence, we wouldn't have proof beyond reasonable doubt. There's an enormous difference between the role of truth in law and the role of truth in science. In law, truth is one among many goals.

Alan Dershowitz

Thinking, Law, Presumption Of Innocence

Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Now that's so deep in history that there's no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.

Noam Chomsky

Memories, Law, Presumption Of Innocence

But I rather thought--I mean, I heard you'd killed Balder the Fair." "I never did," snapped Loki crossly. "Well, no one ever proved I did. What happened to the presumption of innocence? Besides, he was supposed to be invulnerable. Was it my fault that he wasn't?

Joanne Harris

Mean, Presumption Of Innocence, Faults

Joanne Harris (2008). “Runemarks”, p.105, Random House