I would argue that the thing in your home that's listening to all your conversations is quite clearly closer to a spouse than a friend. But that is a different

I would argue that the thing in your home that's listening to all your conversations is quite clearly closer to a spouse than a friend. But that is a different topic. A murder suspect is just very different from someone who has take[n] up murder as a hobby. The first description might apply to you right now without your knowing, whereas the second (hopefully ^^) clearly doesn't. > … speaking loosely and not adhering to the legal definition of innocence until proven guilty You make it sound like that is a minor detail, but it's in fact a cornerstone of a Rechtsstaat (apparently there is no English word for this? see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechtsstaat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechtsstaat).