If there's supposed to be a presumption of innocence, why does the state spend far more money on the proposition that you're guilty than on the proposition that you're not guilty?
The theory is they have burden of proof.
The reality is judges put burden of proof on defense or sway juries around into such guilts.
The other reality is that the author is right. Cops and prosecutors lie all the time, and I mean ALL THE TIME. Their motives are not even for justice in the first place but money greed control. A recent case of neglected child abuse in my town point out that decisions are solely based on who they can squeeze, it "don't" matter to them who is going to care for the child, just as long as the child is good meat to get the moneyed party extorted, and if it cannot, the other party abuses children and exploits them, and that is fine with the courts.
And it is impossible to get proper evidence from them rechecked. Reasonable doubt is a dicey thing, it depends on the lawyer's ability to pick the jury and make them feel uneasy about convicting someone, and "liberal" juries are usualy not that bad.
But it all depends on the lawyer's willingness. Most of the time they're in the virtual pay and agreement with the courthouse and feel bad for ridiculing prosecutors. Lawyer bad advice and laziness playing good cop are the prime reason for discouraging clients and making them do guilty pleas.
The system is rotten because the lawyers are. It's a catastrophy. Drug dealers, feminists, you name it, whoever whatever criminal can get someone rich caught works for them, and the more out of the county the better, so local criminals are their prime "informers". Lawyers get handsome pay from big time dealers too.
The theory is they have burden of proof.Well, that's true, but there's a reason why they do. If the state then turns around and decides to "level the playing field" by giving the prosecution more money, then that defeats the purpose of saddling them with the burden of proof. The whole idea of putting the burden on them is not to create a level playing field, but an unlevel one.