24 many years.
This is the method which is pursued in France, and it is claimed that entire justice is more apt to be done where such course is pursued than where it is omitted.
The common law of England, however, has adopted another and, so far as the party accused is concerned, a much more merciful doctrine.
By that law the criminal is to be presumed innocent until [their] guilt is made to appear, beyond a reasonable doubt, to a jury of 12 [].
It is not proper to raise a presumption of guilt, on the ground, that having committed one crime, the depravity it exhibits makes it likely [they] would commit another”]).
Persons:
Sharp
Organizations:
Molineux, Commonwealth, Jackson
Locations:
France, England, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania