Actually, our government is in the process of striking down “presumption of innocence,” with Guantanamo being their test site. If all works out well there (and, so far, it has), the right to a fair trial will be but a memory in the good ol’ U.S. of A.

Go, Republicans - Yea, team!

Mexico adopts U.S.-style trials, presumption of innocence

Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Tuesday signed a broad judicial reform measure setting up U.S.-style public trials and establishing a presumption of innocence for defendants, the Associated Press reports.
Under the changes, enacted in a constitutional amendment, prosecutors and defense lawyers will have to argue their cases out in public court. Previously, trials involved closed-door hearings that relied on written evidence.

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