“Mr. Graham, your honor, stands on his presumption of innocence and rests, I decided the best way to keep the jury focused on the weakness of the state's case was to rest right behind them.”
Dan Cogdell
“The constitutional presumption is for openness in the courts, but we have to ask whether we are really honoring that. What are the reasons for so many cases remaining under seal?”
Laurie Levenson
“I just don't know. Innocent until proven guilty is a critical presumption. But these are such serious charges.”
Donna Lisker
“I don't understand why these players aren't worthy of the presumption of innocence, particularly given that not one charge has been filed against them.”
Charles Johnson
“There are some people who believe that things like presumption of innocence are kind of legal technicalities and aren't really important.”
Dan Webb
“Post-Watergate morality, by which anything left private is taken as presumptive evidence of wrongdoing.”
Charles Krauthammer
“It's a naive domestic little Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption”
James Thurber