"Presumed....innocent"

[Aviation Pro]

This quaint little phrase needs to be changed to, "presumed not guilty."

Because Motherfucker is a lot of fucking things, but innocent is not one of them.

Changes the context, doesn't it?

[brooklynite]

1. No it doesn't and shouldn't be changed.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. "quaint little phrase" jesus christ

[MutantAndProud]

3. No. If you change it for him you change it for everyone

And that just adds psychological weight against people who truly should be presumed innocent unless proven guilty

[Omnipresent]

4. Pos can't shut his mouth for his own good.

Let’s hope our justice system isn’t deaf, as well as blind.

[sarisataka]

5. The basic underlying principle of the US criminal justice system

Is "quaint"

[ProudMNDemocrat]

6. The wording states..."presume innocent until proven guilty in a court of law."

The rule of law is such. As guaranteed under the 6th Amendment of trial by jury of one's peers.

[RAB910]

7. The courts presume innocence, but there is no such expectation of the public

For example, do you believe that Lee Harvey Oswald is guilty of murdering JFK? He was never found, guilty

Is racist right-wing asshole Ryan Palmeter the Jacksonville shooter presumed innocent by virtue of never being tried in a court of law?

[Aviation Pro]

8. Since the, "presumption of innocence," is rooted in religious legal text

The way I see it, my use of the word, "quaint," more than applies.

(Talmudic and Islamic law is presumably where it was first used).

IMHO, in a court of law, where the defendant is accused of a crime, "presumption of not guilty," of that crime is more precise.