Don:
>	At any rate, I've talked to my history teacher on the judicial
system
>before, and we agree it's more like "you're guilty before you're proven
>innocent".  In theory it is the other way around.  In reality it is 
>not.

Consider how the jury works. You must convince all twelve jurors of guilt
beyond a reasonable doubt before you can convict. On the other hand, if
just one juror still believes there is reasonable doubt a mistrial is
called and they must do it all over again. The defendant is not
convicted, yet. 

-Ted Wang