U.S. v. Jackson, No. 02-1264 (2nd Cir.) (368 F.3d 59) (May 6, 2004) (Judge Pierre N. Leval)
This is one of those must-read decisions that forcefully reaffirms the importance of the presumption of innocence under our Constitution - a doctrine that the John Ashcroft Department of Justice seems of late determined to honor more in the breach than in the observance.
Aaron Jackson was convicted of possession …
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