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Edmund Burke: “Let any of these facts (now become presumptions of guilt) be proved against him, and the bare suspicion of the crown…”

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Let any of these facts (now become presumptions of guilt) be proved against him, and the bare suspicion of the crown puts him out of the law.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke discusses the dangers of presuming guilt based on mere suspicion.

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