[cr #1391 to GOPcap] "Yes, it is a constitutional principle, and did not apply to insurrectionists who renounced the very concept."
That's odd. Jefferson Davis was charged, but then the government decided it was unable to prove its charges and dropped the case. They did not have much success outside of military tribunals.
John Harrison Surratt was charged and tried. The government was unable to obtain a conviction and dropped that case as well.
If "innocent until proven guilty" did not apply to insurrectionists, whyever were they set free? Especially that Surratt fellow.
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