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NH bill sponsor urges constitutional amendment to enshrine presumption of innocence
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Representative Kelly Potenza told the House Judiciary Committee she wants voters to decide a constitutional amendment that would explicitly state the presumption of innocence applies in all state actions against an individual, including some civil and administrative proceedings.
Representative Kelly Potenza, Stratford District 19, opened the hearing on Constitutional Amendment Concurrent Resolution 7 by urging the committee to refer the amendment so voters could decide whether to add explicit presumption-of-innocence language to the New Hampshire Constitution. “Giving people the option to vote on amending the New Hampshire constitution to explicitly state that in all cases and suits of the state against one of the people, the defendant shall be innocent until proven guilty is important for several reasons,” Potenza said.
Potenza told the committee that while the presumption of innocence is a…
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