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Allegedly. What is a transgression of the law and whether a law is just or valid can be open to interpretation, which is why we have juries.
by optimiz3 5y ago
Allegedly. What is a transgression of the law and whether a law is just or valid can be open to interpretation, which is why we have juries.
- stretchwithme 5y agoNo. If I had said someone allegedly committed a crime, they allegedly are a criminal. If I see them murdering someone, I'm not going to say to myself "That person is allegedly a criminal". I am allowed to think, to have an opinion about reality. There's also no need to call them a suspect if you just saw a person committing a crime. When you haven't yet proved that a specific person did it, they're a suspect. The crime is alleged. But not when you KNOW it. I'm not saying newspapers should say that or a court should say that. I'm saying I have no problem describing what I see.
- nojokes 5y ago> If I see them murdering someone, I'm not going to say to myself "That person is allegedly a criminal". Maybe you saw wrong? Hmm?
- netizen-936824 5y agoOh not him! His eyesight and memory are infallible!
- stretchwithme 5y agoWhen witnesses give testimony in court, they simply relate what they saw. They do not need to couch it CYA language. I did notice that your statement is pretty confident about what I think. No "allegedly" required. No "I suspect he believes X and Y". These imaginary rules don't seem to apply to you.
- stretchwithme 5y agoIf I discover that the person is actually not dead, I would certainly think my conclusion.
- nojokes 5y agoHave you considered that maybe you could not recognize the person correctly?
- stretchwithme 5y agoHave you considered that my statement was about the person that I saw?