Presumption of innocence is a cardinal principle of our criminal law.
This right presupposes that whenever any person is charged or suspected of committing any crime, is presumed innocent until proved guilty.
It is common in every society to rush to conclusion on the guilty of the accused person. Our criminal law gives both the prosecution and the accused a chance to investigate, present their case and be had by a competent court.
This explains why, for the suspect of any murder crime the prosecution would need to carefully collect evidence to support its charge of murder or attempted murder.
This evidence may include, the postmortem report to establish the cause of the death of the accused, the baŕristic report to establish from which gun a bullet was fired. visiting the crime scene and reconstruct it to take account of what really happened and record statements from the eyewitness.
Many criminal cases in Uganda are lost or warn at the investigation stage. Weakness of the prosecution's case gives the accused an acquittal since the burden of proof lies on the prosecution to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
It is important therefore not to be quick to judge and or put the law in our own hands. Every person deserve the opportunity to defend themselves following a due process.
Presumption of innocence is a cardinal principle of our criminal law.
This right presupposes that whenever any person is charged or suspected of committing any crime, is presumed innocent until proved guilty.
It is common in every society to rush to conclusion on the guilty of the accused person. Our criminal law gives both the prosecution and the accused a chance to investigate, present their case and be had by a competent court.
This explains why, for the suspect of any murder crime the prosecution would need to carefully collect evidence to support its charge of murder or attempted murder.
This evidence may include, the postmortem report to establish the cause of the death of the accused, the baŕristic report to establish from which gun a bullet was fired. visiting the crime scene and reconstruct it to take account of what really happened and record statements from the eyewitness.
Many criminal cases in Uganda are lost or warn at the investigation stage. Weakness of the prosecution's case gives the accused an acquittal since the burden of proof lies on the prosecution to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
It is important therefore not to be quick to judge and or put the law in our own hands. Every person deserve the opportunity to defend themselves following a due process.
