Premise that a defendant is innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; fundamental tenant of the adversarial system.
All persons are presumed innocent and may not be convicted of an offense unless each element of the offense is proved beyond a reasonable doubt. The fact he/she has been arrested, confined, or indicted, or otherwise charged with the offense gives rise to no inference of guilt at trial.
Means that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty and the prosecution must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, all elements of the crime charged.
the requirement in a criminal trial that the jury presume that the defendant is innocent of all charges. The judge instructs the jury that, before the defendant can be found guilty, the government must overcome the presumption of innocence and convince the jurors that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
a hallowed principle of criminal law to the effect that the government has the burden of proving every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt and that the defendant has no burden to prove his innoncence. It arises at the first stage of the criminal process.
The principle that a criminal defendant may not be convicted of a crime unless the government proves guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, without any burden on the accused to prove innocence.
refers to the fact that an accused person must be proven guilty. The law starts from the position that the accused person is innocent of the charge. When a young person is charged with a presumptive offence the prosecution and sentencing proceeds in the ordinary adult court system unless the youth can show why it should remain in the youth court.
Fundamental principle of American justice system that every individual is innocent of a crime until proven guilty in a court of law.
A fundamental principle of law which deems everyone innocent until such time as the crime is proved beyond reasonable doubt.
the principle that every defendant enjoys, a presumption of innocence until such time as the prosecution meets its burden of proof against that defendant
One of the most sacred principles in the American criminal justice system, holding that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty. In other words, the prosecution must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, each element of the crime charged.
Presumption of innocence is a legal right that the accused in criminal trials has in many modern nations. It states that no person shall be considered guilty until finally convicted by a court. The burden of proof is thus on the prosecution, which has to convince the court that the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.