“There are some people who believe that things like presumption of innocence are kind of legal technicalities and aren't really important.”
Dan Webb
“I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome.”
Carol Moseley Braun
“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
“I just don't know. Innocent until proven guilty is a critical presumption. But these are such serious charges.”
Donna Lisker
“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
“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