Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

It's AH what do you expect :pac:

Also you are only presumed innocent in a criminal trial and there the degree of proof is very high such that guilty people often go free to prevent an innocent being found guilty.

Also it costs money to have trials, so the DPP won't start unless there is a fairly high chance of a conviction

In a good many cases people have had 90+ previous convictions so the stereotype scumbag having a history of breaking the law isn't totally unjustified

or the person may be known to the police or the media, or it belong to a notorious family

what you should do some day is make a note of all the addresses given for certain types of people found guilty and plot them on a map, you may even see a pattern

none of the above mean you are guilty, but the probability goes up exponentially with each box ticked



in a civil trial if it's 50:50 you are guilty you pay 50% of the claim , cf OJ Simpson owing millions or reduced compensation claims.