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What is the company that proves guilty people innocent?

Guilty people cannot be "proven" innocent. Defense lawyers may raise what some jurors consider reasonable doubt so the defendant is found not guilty. Not guilty is not the same as innocent. By the way I think you are referring to the innocence project.(To my knowledge) there is no such agency.However, there are a number of non-profit groups, such as the Innocence Project, that work toward getting wrongfully convicted innocent people released from jail.


What word means to be found not guilty at trail?

Innocent or Not Guilty


How are people found innocent?

In a civilised country the basic rule of law is that "one is presumed to be innocent - until found guilty." One is not "found" innocent therefore.


What right is guaranteed to people found innocent?

People are never found innocent, they are found not guilty, and they have a right to know that they can never be tried for that exact crime again.


Was Columbus found guilty or innocent?

guilty


What is the legal process by which one is found guilty or innocent?

A person is never found innocent. A person is found guilty or not guilty at the verdict phase of a criminal trial.


Why do innocent people plead guilty?

Innocent people plead guilty for a variety of reasons. They may believe that they will be convicted at trial, they may want to end the proceedings without waiting for trial, they may want to protect the guilty party, they may feel guilt about the incident even if they weren't at fault, or any number of other reasons.


Was john scopes found guilty or innocent?

Guilty, was fined $100.


What does it mean when you are not guilty in a criminal case?

If you are declared to be not guilty by a court, then you are acquitted and go free (the court has found you innocent of the charges brought against you).If you declare yourself to be not guilty, then you are denying the accusations made against you. A court will then hold a trial to determine the truthfulness of your claim.


What is a word for not guilty?

acquitted or found innocent


Why do innocent people get convicted?

Because the judical system of every country in the world includes human judgment to a greater or lesser degree and humans are easily influenced. An innocent person may be found guilty on the basis of race, religion, gender, the severity of the crimes accused, personal biases on the parts of the triars or triar of fact, and/or very bad coincidinces. An innocent person may also be found guilty if the prosecuting party bribes or otherwise influences the triar of the fact, or if the defending party is so incompetent as to incriminate its own client. ' Furthermore, regardless of the country, regardless of the time period, regardless of the judicial system, trials (or other forms of guilt-determination) have always been a game, and, while it is theoretically easier for an innocent man to win than a guilty one, guilty men have won and innocent men have lost.


How did the eighth admenment protect people found guilty of crime?

if you are found innocent then you cant be tried for the same crime again