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We do. Our system has "proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" and "not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt". We don't have an "innocent" verdict, nor an
by Lazare 9y ago
We do.
Our system has "proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" and "not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt". We don't have an "innocent" verdict, nor any concept of proving someone innocent.
What our system lacks is the Scottish "not guilty"; not the Scottish "not proven".
- danieltillett 9y agoThat is not how people on juries think. Forcing people to make a binary choice when it is not possible just results in miscarriages of justice.