Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Abuse of Pretrial Detention in America

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Abuse of Pretrial Detention in America

Although few principles of law are as widely lauded and universally accepted as the presumption of innocence, this principle is violated daily by a practice that has become standard in our justice system, exceptional only in how unexceptional it seems. Pretrial detention—the practice of holding a defendant in custody before trial while he or she is still entitled to the presumption of innocence—is, in its current status, a clear contradiction of this principle and a staple of the American legal system.

Dryer, Mary

Pitt Political Review; vol 12, No 1 (2016-2017); 49-54

2160-5807

University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

2017-10-24

Copyright (c) 2017 Mary Dryer

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