Courtroom standard applies
The Sept. 28 letter “Kavanaugh is not on trial” argues that because Judge Brett Kavanaugh is not on trial, the presumption of innocence is irrelevant. That is disingenuous and untrue. The main case in point that a grand jury examines evidence concerning criminal cases to determine whether to indict. These are not trials, they are hearings, but even here, there is a presumption …