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Re:FBI is hiding details about a raid on Americans’ safe dep... by brewdad on Thursday July 28, 2022 @06:13PM (#32270699)
The UK doesn't have a 5th Amendment.
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Re:FBI is hiding details about a raid on Americans’ safe dep... by Phrodo_00 on Friday July 29, 2022 @08:20PM (#32283152)
Yeah, because they don't really have an actual consolidated constitution, but the presumption of innocence is one of the principles of English Common Law (see Woolmington v DPP), as well as being one of the rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

They just sneak past it by not actually sentencing you of a crime.

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Re:FBI is hiding details about a raid on Americans’ safe dep... by int_19h on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @06:23PM (#32325026)
UK has parliamentary sovereignty, so any presumed common law right only exists until the Parliament passes a bill that effectively nullifies it.
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