HW: Tim's liberty

[Mike Montfort]

The burden of proof is on the Innocent not the guilty in Napoleonic law.

He had to prove he was Innocent not them prove he was guilty.  So it 
probably is a compromise over the jail term.  He was under the influence 
regardless of his guilt in the medical and property damages in the accident.

However I'll take my Anglo-Saxon innocent till proven guilty any day lol.

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Dave Bottomley wrote:
> Hi folks
>  
> Don't know if I'm a bit behind the times with this, but I've just discovered
> that Tim Blake has a MySpace page:
>  
> http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile
> <http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=1
> 00321165> &friendid=100321165
>  
> For those interested in his ongoing hassles with the authorities, I quote
> the following from his blog:
>  
> "It looks as if Tim's Legal Difficulties have been resolved in a compromise
> that does not include imprisonement. However, he is to be consigned to
> 'House Arrest" for a period of 4 months and a half, starting in april. As a
> result, all touring and festival plans seem to be compromised, and
> travelling outside of France is totally out of the question untill
> September. WE WOULD BE MORE THAN INTERESTED IN RECEIVING WORK ENQUIRIES FROM
> SEPTEMBER ONWARDS."
>  
> This is news to me & clearly a much better outcome than many were fearing.
> So I guess we should be grateful for that. But I fail to understand what
> this "compromise" achieves. And it still implies some degree of guilt on
> Tim's part which, as far as I understand the details of the case at least,
> is highly questionnable (and that's putting it mildly). 
>  
> Of course, it also totally scuppers his chances of appearing at Hawkfest.
>  
> Still, I thought many of you would like to know (if you don't already).
>  
> Cheers
>  
> Dave
>
>