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The Presumption of Innocence

I heard something good last week:

“The presumption of innocence means ‘he didn’t do it until they prove he did.’”

(I doubt that the speaker, Houston trial lawyer Rusty Hardin, had quantum mechanics in mind when he said that [see Schrödinger's Jury], but I think his is a quantum view of the Golden Thread.)

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Mark Bennett got his letter of marque from the Supreme Court of Texas in May 1995. He is famous for having no sense of humor when it comes to totalitarianism.

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