A term paper on the comparasson between innocent until proven guilty vs. guilty until proven innocent, and the role of the prosecutor in the american judicaial system

"Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense. No one shall be held guilty of any penal offense on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offense, under national or international law, at the time it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty …

…first. Without the prosecutor or the system trying to prove the defendant guilty, there would be no reason for many aspects of the judicial system, e.g. the prosecutor. The prosecutor's main job is the find the truth, and the truth is to try to prove a defendant guilty if that is what the prosecutor truly believes in conjunction with the presented evidence. [1] Black's Law Dictionary, U.S. v. Friday, D.C.Mich., 404 F.Supp. 1343, 1346.