Presumption of innocence is ... difficult, even in places where it is the defacto legal standard (Such as in Europe) when it comes to anything that might possibly involve sexual or political crimes. While the courts might be bound to uphold the principal civil society isn't. So you people can be absolutely destroyed by false accusations and have no recourse. It's a little different in the US because we have at least some anti-defamation laws, but even then you need to be wealthy to do anything.





There is no fandom consensus on whether Equestrian even has a constitution or a legal system. There was this one comic where Mane Hatten had a police force that was essentially a copy of our own, but as far as I can remember the closest thing that we've seen to law enforcement in the actual show has been the Sheriff in Appleousa.

