Affiliation:
1. Institute for Philosophical Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Abstract
Given the high standard of proof that operates in criminal cases, the meaning of an acquittal is highly ambiguous. This disadvantages the genuinely innocent defendant and also citizens who are unsure of the significance of any given ‘Not Guilty’ verdict. The finders of fact may have taken any one of a wide range of views in relation to the defendant's guilt, and it is argued that the two extremes of acquittal and conviction take insufficient account of this.
Subject
Law,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Sociology and Political Science
Cited by
9 articles.
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3. The Presumption of Innocence in International Human Rights and Criminal Law;HUM RIGH INT LAW;2021-03-03
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