Re: European Convention on Human Rights
<Article 6 par.2.
Présomption d'innocence en droit romain. (in french).
The French revolution changed things:
In criminal cases the French Revolution established the right of habeas corpus, the right to a jury trial, the presumption of innocence, the right to an attorney at trial and the right to a fair trial. The massive estates of the nobility and the Catholic Church were broken up.
And here too.
Raoul