Issue Brief
Data Analysis Presumption of Innocence Pretrial and Bail May 21, 2020
The “Radical” Notion Of The Presumption Of Innocence
In the face of contemporary practices across the United States, it is difficult not to conclude that commitment to the presumption of innocence is a radical idea. Given the evidence of the enduring inability of state bureaucracies to respect the presumption, the authors think it is necessary to support this bedrock principle with another presumption: a presumption of liberty.
