POLITICAL-STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS PREVENTING ACQUITTALS
In some European countries, most notably Germany, the independence of the trial judge…
Yet how can he or she presume innocence when they have already agreed with the prosecutor’s…
In Russia the judiciary is beholden to the executive, the investigative committee,…
In most civil law countries, an acquittal is interpreted as if the person were factually…
On appeal, German courts of cassation almost always overturn acquittals if the Prosecutor…