All the time and all the way, he has the solemn pledge of the government, that if not found guilty on the prosecution then pending, he shall be discharged.
Horace Mann: “All the time and all the way, he has the solemn pledge of the government, that if not found guilty on the prosecution…”
Editor's note · Context
Mann asserts that the government guarantees the rights of a person until proven guilty in a legal proceeding.
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