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"Innocent until proven guilty" suggests that everything is legal unless there is a law against it.


Not quite the same thing. A legal system could use presumed guilt (defaulting to assuming an accusation is true) while still having a 'blacklist' approach to which actions are punishable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_which_is_not_forbid...


Do you know how many laws there are? Not to mention common law, which is law established by previous court decisions on matters that have never been covered by any statute?


It doesn't make any sense in trying innocent people!

(No, seriously, I know people who believe that.)




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