A person is never found innocent. A person is found guilty or not guilty at the verdict phase of a criminal trial.
A person that is feeling guilty or innocent.
guilty untill proven innocent
The antonym for innocent is guilty.
After the House of Representatives impeach the person, the Senate's part goes into action. The Senate then acts as trial jury. The Senate then votes whether or not the person is guilty or innocent.
A jury or court finds that the accused is not guilty, in reality the accused may not innocent.
Innocent means you are innocent of a crime.. That is you did not commit it. A court (jury/judge) will not find someone "innocent". They can't say that you did not commit a crime, they can only decide for "not guilty" if the evidence presented is enough that you are believed to have committed a crime (guilty) or not (not guilty).
In court trials, the two outcomes are either "guilty" or "not guilty". Therefore, any one who is not found to be guilty is declared to be not guilty and will be free to leave the court. There is not verdict of "innocent" in virtually any court in the world.
Innocent or Not Guilty
A jury is what determines if you are guilty, after being presented with evidence and hearing what the person accused is being charged for.
a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty
guilty