Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/07
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On 6 Sep 99, Marc James Small wrote, at least in part:
<snip>
> The American media is constantly confusing "not guilty" and "innocent" in
> the same way. If the government fails to prove a criminal act to the
> satisfaction of the trier of fact, that doesn't mean the Defendants didn't
> do it; it just means the government failed to prove their case, a
> different thing totally.
<snip>
Isn't this in conflict with the lay person's concept of a cornerstone
of our system in the US, i.e. the presumption of innocence until
proven guilty?
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Roger
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He, who will not reason, is a bigot;
he, who cannot, is a fool;
and he, who dares not, is a slave.
-- William Drumond, Scottish writer (1585-1649)