Two cases of violation of presumption of innocence

Penalties are draconian - the offender is threatened with a sentence of up to three years in prison, along with a money fine.

It was kind of convenient that the first candidate for this punishment would be Veran Matic, the president of the Commission for Investigation of Murders of Journalists, who did not refer to the accused but to the procedure, that is, the judge (in the Curuvija murder trial) - but nevermind. No one, say lawyers, can not violate the presumption of innocence (you know, everyone is innocent until proven guilty).

Let's start from the beginning. The presumption of innocence has nothing to do with me and with you. We can write, print, or (if we are crazy) put on a billboard every one of our assessments and conclusions about anyone and anything, and those affected by that have the right to sue us for insult, or for slander. But here the presumption of innocence does not apply. Why? Because the presumption of innocence is valid only in court proceedings and applies only to the participants in that procedure. If there is no procedure - there is no presumption of innocence.

And here we arrive to the first case I mentioned in the title. A few weeks ago, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke about some ministers from Hong Kong and from Senegal who gave bribes to some African officials: "It's a serious international gang of thieves, I have not investigate it completely, but now we will ask for everything from US services. It's a serious group of thieves at the international level, led by Vuk Jeremic... This didn't start yesterday, we've known it for a long time."

And now the question is - did Vucic violate the presumption of innocence with this, supported by nothing statement? He did not, because the court...