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The New DU. Reply #35: No he is not considered innocent until proven guilty
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AngryAmish
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Sat Feb-26-05 12:28 PM
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| 35. No he is not considered innocent until proven guilty |
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"Innocent until proven guilty" is a legal term of art for how the judge and jury must consider the defendant in a criminal case. The state is entitled to make decisions of guilt or innocence and attempt to prove it through a trial.
The police and prosecuters must think that the guy is guilty, or else they would be bringing a case in bad faith (ie I have not made up my mind if this guy did it, but I think I can convict him, so might as well try this guy).
We are not on the jury. We can make up our own minds about guilt or innocence. People have no benefit of presumption of innocence in interpersonal discourse.
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