Innocent until proven guilty??

Paul Purpura checks in with an excellent story from the JP court beat:

In Metairie fatal barroom fight, plea talks delay manslaughter trial

And all the way down at the very bottom of the piece:

She (Judge Miller) also told the prosecutors she wants to hear from Anwar’s family by April 14, whether in person or by affidavit, “in order to come up with a just and appropriate sentence.”