The phrase "innocent until proven guilty" needs to be officially retired from american life

The presumption of innocence, sometimes referred to by the Latin expression Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat (the burden of proof is on he who declares, not on he who denies), is the principle that one is considered innocent until proven guilty


Hi, how are you?

Great, thanks.

Actually, I am not that great. Because someone accused me of something and it got dismissed and/or I was found not guilty.

This conversation could be anyone in the United States of America.

Good and you? Not that great. Because all those accusations are all over facebook and google and twitter and whatever else you might think of.

Do people realize that the phrase "innocent until proven guilty" needs to be retired from american life?

Jamies Winston FSU quarterback? not enough evidence to prove the case. The jury on twitter? guilty.

Duke Lacrosse players? the lead prosecutor got disbarred for prosecutorial misconduct. The rest of these players lives? guilty.

Hey, it was fun while it lasted. But the phrase "innocent until proven guilty" does not exist in american life anymore.

Goodbye legal system. You have been replaced by social media.


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