No bail for �murderers�, villagers plead

Armed robbers being reprimanded by prisons officers
Armed robbers being reprimanded by prisons officers

FRANCISTOWN: Legal experts say that the principle of ‘innocent until proven guilty’ is a principle that guarantees that the guilt of an accused cannot be presumed.

Kenneth Pennington of the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, says that the notion of a presumption or assumption of innocence is remarkably widespread in many legal systems around the world.

However, to some locals, the maxim ‘guilty before proven innocent’ seems to have replaced the principle of being innocent until proven guilty and is the right way to go.

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Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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