Walt Kelly was right.

The problem, as with this entire thread, is not the presumption of
innocence. Everyone is innocent in his or her own mind of any wrongdoing.
The problem is that many on juries, as many in this discussion, presume the
"system," its restrictions and minions, are automatically guilty.

Of course, they are encouraged and abetted by constant reinterpretation of
the law, increasing the obligations of those in authority and the rights of
those in violation. Remember, it was only a 5 to 4 decision by the Supreme
Court that recently reaffirmed a citizen's obligation to give their proper
name to authorities.

"Bob Schmall" wrote in message
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The "liberal laws" could just as well have been applied by the juries to
find the accused guilty and put them in prison or kill them. It wasn't the
laws' fault--it was the juries'. You know, those peers of ours who are the
actual judges.