will not. All defendants should be presumed innocent until proven guilty, as those charged with crimes in America have been for more than 200 years.

 

Mr. Salerno was held in federal detention in New York before trial. He was convicted of racketeering. Salerno died in prison of natural causes, just five years into his 100-year sentence in Springfield, Missouri on July 27, 1992, at age

80. Added to his crimes is the destruction of the pre-sumption of innocence in the United States.

 

Endnotes

 

1. 631 F.Supp. 1364 (1986).

2. 794 F.2d 64 (1996).

3. 481 U.S. 739 (1987).

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