There has recently been a proliferation of case law dealing with potential inroads into the presumption of innocence in the criminal lawof England andWales, in the light of article 6(2) of the European Convention on Human Rights. This article is concerned with the nature of the presumption of innocence. It considers two central issues.The ¢rst is how the courts should address the question of wh...

A. The Limitations of the Innocence Projects ....... ...... 1145 B. Case Delays in Innocence Cases.....................1148 1. Darryl Burton: Exonerated from Missouri After Twenty-Four Years...................... 1149 2. Larry Souter: Exonerated from Michigan After Thirteen Years ........................ 1152 3. Paul Gregory House: Exonerated After Twenty-Two Years from Tennessee .................

Modern research has been diligent and successful in discovering what causes a wrongful conviction long-term consequences on the wrongfully convicted person their family. However, there is one area that remains relatively untouched by efforts. It period between release, of incarceration itself. The purpose this paper to outline experiences persons prison. While each term an individualized experi...

In Parts of Classes David Lewis attempts to draw a sharp contrast between mereology and set theory and he tries to assimilate mereology to logic. For him, like logic but unlike set theory, mereology is “ontologically innocent”. In mereology, given certain objects, no further ontological commitment is required for the existence of their sum. On the contrary, by accepting set theory, given certai...

This article argues, contrary to a straightforward reading, that the presumption of innocence and accompanying principles the burden of proof on the prosecution to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt acts in reality against the interests of those who might be innocent at every stage of the criminal justice process. This is because the „presumption‟, in effect, renders suspects of crime pas...