Guilty Until Proven Innocent

I might be confused, but isn't it true that in this country you are innocent until proven guilty? Please, Please correct me if i am wrong on that!

So i ask myself, how can you be punished for something in this country if you haven't had your day in court?

The reason i ask this puzzling question is this:

I know someone who was arrested for list of alleged crimes. It all stemmed from an altercation with his significant other. Anyway, he was arrested, taken to jail, booked, went before the magistrate, given a bond, and the normal arrest items that happen. However when he posted his bond, he was required to go on house arrest and GPS monitoring until his trial, by the Office of Probation and Parole. Now as of this point it has been close to three years since he was arrested and he has still not been tried for the alleged crimes. Really makes you wonder about the right to a speedy trial we are afforded in the Constitution.
He is now tracked 24 hours a day 7 days a week, given drug tests, pay a $90 a week monitoring fee, among other things. All while having not been convicted in a court of law.

My question is this, How is it legal to make someone go through all of this when they haven't been given the chance to go before a jury of their peers to have the case heard? My answer, it is not legal, far from it. He is being punished for a crime he ALLEGEDLY committed, it hasn't been proven, it is alleged.

However with the government we have today, the Constitution only applies to them when they want it to, the citizens (like us) are pissed on in a moments notice without any thought by our government.

Innocent until proven guilty.... Not with this government.

Its time for a change!


Viva Liberty!