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by nkrisc 5 days ago
How on Earth was he convicted? They couldn’t find any evidence (because it didn’t exist) and yet he was still found guilty? Is there a similar presumption of innocence in Canadian legal doctrine?
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There was evidence. Just not pointing to him.
> A: "Hey, we have a bunch of evidence that someone called Jonathan BaskinsRobbins did a bunch of crimes with an axe - can we figure out where he lives?"

> B: "Yep, the phone book says Johnathan BaskinRobbins lives at 123 Main Street, Shelbyville."

> A: "Hey Shelbyville Police, we have a bunch of evidence that someone called Jonathan BaskinsRobbins at 123 Main Street did a bunch of crimes with an axe - can you please check it out?"

> C: "Yep, we found that axe at the house of Johnathan BaskinRobbins at 123 Main Street."

> D: "Here's the evidence from A that Jonathan BaskinsRobbins did a bunch of crimes with an axe. And here's the evidence from C that Johnathan BaskinRobbins at 123 Main Street had the same kind of axe. Please convict him."

> E: "That's a whole lot of evidence. Johnathan BaskinRobbins is probably guilty."

.... 18 months later ....

> J: "Hey guys, my name is spelled Johnathan BaskinRobbins, not Jonathan BaskinsRobbins..."

A, B, C, D, and E: "Oops, sorry..."