(February 3, 2022 at 6:26 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(February 3, 2022 at 6:21 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Only the person making the claim needs evidence to support the claim.
But I just thought of another example. What if I am known to police and a crime happens in my area. The cops show up to my house and ask where I was at 11:00pm last night?
Why should the burden of proof be on me?
That’s a very good example. No one is required to (or expected to) prove their innocence.
Boru
That is actually an minority judicial philosophy across the world. In most of the world, the prosecutor doesn’t need to prove beyond a doubt you are guilty. They just need to show there is considerable evidence to indicate you are probable guilt . Then it is up to the accused to show why he/she is actually innocent despite these evidence.
