(March 7, 2014 at 4:21 pm)pocaracas Wrote:(March 7, 2014 at 4:10 pm)discipulus Wrote: A person may know that they did not commit a murder they have been accused of committing and yet be unable to prove that they are innocent. This actually happens in real life and it is one example of why our justice system is fallible. It is also an example of why, as I stated, this is incorrect reasoning.Here I thought this was why people were considered innocent until proven guilty...
No one can prove a negative.
That is interesting. And you may be right about that being a reason for why people in America are considered innocent until proven guilty.
With regards to the assertion "no one can prove a negative", this does not always obtain.
I have linked a wikipedia article for you to peruse at your leisure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence_of_absence
