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Originally Posted by Zorkman
You had a poor teacher then.
The first lesson you should have learned is who has the burden and the presumption of innocence.
And don't use "litigation" to conflate criminal with civil.
Not all conflation is improper. Both criminal and civil law are carried out via litigation.
The burden is also upon the complaining party, and the presumption is the other side of the same coin. This is not a litigation lesson, though. It is a fundamental of jurisprudence.
I don't know of any sphere where a burden must be satisfied in order to carry out an investigation, as you seem to be demanding. There are requirements for the issuance of search warrants, but afaiu, some of these have already been deemed satisfied by the courts in this thing.