the person is going to get something in return somehow .....Originally posted by Honeybunz:I saw a documentary on Discovery Channel. It's about these two men who were wrongly arrested for a robbery+murder case in a bank. They narrowly escaped death sentence but served life sentence for 26 years until they were proven innocent. That was in USA. Can't believe it.
What will the person get? I might have missed that part of the show (walked in and out of kitchen).Originally posted by ghimpheng:the person is going to get something in return somehow .....
Me wonder too...what will he get?Originally posted by Honeybunz:What will the person get? I might have missed that part of the show (walked in and out of kitchen).
i wonder if the victim of the mistrail will go and kill the pple who threw him in for funOriginally posted by ghimpheng:the person is going to get something in return somehow .....
i think we're suppose to follow the british system though, which is guilty until proven innocent.Originally posted by iveco:On paper, the suspect is innocent until proven guilty. However, it is the reverse in practice.
The standard in western societies is innocent until proven guilty. It has been so all along, from the Opium War era until today.Originally posted by JennTS:i think we're suppose to follow the british system though, which is guilty until proven innocent.
although i dont think we do that all the time.
i quite remb my teacher telling me that the US is stupid cause they believe in that other system, and that hes glad that we follow the british system instead.Originally posted by iveco:The standard in western societies is innocent until proven guilty. It has been so all along, from the Opium War era until today.
If you commit a crime in any western country, the prosecutor has to build a case against you from SCRATCH. Therefore, it takes longer for a trial to conclude.
But I think in Asia, it is always the other round....and I think Singapore still sticks to the Asia's way, as it has revealed in many cases that you are guilty until you are proven innocent.Originally posted by iveco:The standard in western societies is innocent until proven guilty. It has been so all along, from the Opium War era until today.
If you commit a crime in any western country, the prosecutor has to build a case against you from SCRATCH. Therefore, it takes longer for a trial to conclude.
I think everywhere else in US would be innocent until proven guilty except in the state of Louisiana where guilty until proven innocent.Originally posted by Honeybunz:I saw a documentary on Discovery Channel. It's about these two men who were wrongly arrested for a robbery+murder case in a bank. They narrowly escaped death sentence but served life sentence for 26 years until they were proven innocent. That was in USA. Can't believe it.