With a staggering divorce rate and complicated issues surrounding divorces, family lawyers are in high demand. Practicing law since 2001 Angela Swan adheres to these beliefs. The principle of freedom which Americans highly prize is demonstrated in this nation's commitment to the presumption of innocence in a criminal trial. In many other nations, the accused is presumed guilty until he proves his innocence or the government inadequately proves its case. Yet in the United States of America, the presumption of innocence requires the prosecution to prove its case against the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt before he would be pronounced guilty.