on a blog, someone calling himself spiritsplice says " “How do you plead, guilty or not guilty”.
What ever happened to INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY?"
this is an example of the appalling ignorance of the public. If you plead guilty, you admit the
guilt, no need to prove. you usually get a lighter sentence for not forcing the court to spend
money proving anything.
If you plead not guilty, THAT is when they have to assume you innocent until proven guilty,
THAT is when they have to prove you are guilty. the standard of proof in criminal proceedings,
since the object is to punish, is beyond a reasonable shadow of a doubt, while that in
civil proceedings, since the object is to heal the problems you made for another, even though
incidentally it may effectively punish you somewhat, the standard is 51% or more like true
than not.
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