system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: If we are "Innocent until proven guilty", then why is the verdict "Not Guilty" as opposed to "Innocent"?

Because if we are innocent the entire time, then wouldn't saying "not guilty" imply that you were guilty to begin with?
gpt
Because the onus is on the prosecution to prove you are guilty.  If they fail to do so you are declared "Not Guilty" because guilt was not proved.  You were not proven innocent, therefore you are not declared "Innocent."