Innocence (May 15)

In the judicial system that is set up in this wonderful country and across most of the world the phrase innocent until proven guilty is what is thought to be believed to be true. The sad reality is that our culture thinks otherwise. See, we tend to make assumptions based on a limited number of facts. Our brains draw conclusions and fill in the blanks. Even with testimony of people who may be the most truthful people or expert people in the world their own brains will still fill in the gaps. It is this reality that leads to people being wrongly convicted. Or perhaps they are even found to be innocent, but their re-entry into the world makes them feel like they are in prison. Innocence is not something generally granted to people today and is really a statement of the condition of people in general. It seems that no matter who you are you are going to make some kind of mistake in your life. If there is someone that speaks out against that mistake, or any mistake, we generally assume that it must be true because people are not completely good. No matter how hard one tries the reality is that it is impossible to be perfect and perhaps it comes down to a matter of degree in our legal system. Perhaps your mistake is driving too fast from time to time or perhaps it is something that most people would say you need to go to jail for. The reality is that innocence is not something one could possibly attain to today.