In the United States, a defendant is innocent until proven guilty. There have been many cases that have proven the defendant innocent at the end of the trial. In cases against the government, it is easy to automatically assume that a defendant is guilty because of government resources (FBI, CIA, US Attorney’s, etc) being able to use their power to gather information. It has happened in several cases, where the government could be wrong and in doing so, pull “tricks” to prove their case to a grand jury.

QUESTIONS:

Do you believe that the government is correct on their issues being tried on all occasions? Elaborate and explain your opinion.

Have you heard of any cases where this is true?

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