Marc Lewis: One of the great failings in our criminal justice system: "“One of the great failings in our criminal justice system is how 'the burden of proof' is applied. GA v. Davis is a perfect example. It must be obvious that there was a great deal of misconduct on the side of the prosecution. Nonetheless, having been found guilty, it is Davis who must now prove his innocence and Davis is being held to a higher burden of proof as to his innocence, than the DA was held to in proving his guilt. This is not just true in this case but in most cases. A person who has been convicted must produce many times more evidence of innocence than the Prosecution had had to produce to find them guilty. Include with this fact that the State can spend any part of its large budget it wants to find you guilty but you have only your Public Defender who gets as low as $62 a day to defend you.”"
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