This change (for better or worse) was motivated by multiple cases where wrongly accused individuals narrowly avoided losing their liberty due to the last minute

This change (for better or worse) was motivated by multiple cases where wrongly accused individuals narrowly avoided losing their liberty due to the last minute discovery of exonerating gossip and notes on the accuser's phone. There isn't a strict black and white spectrum on this issue when it comes to liberty, because it concerns cases where one individual is seeking imprisonment of another individual.