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Is this 1984 style newspeak? In Common Law countries defendants in criminal proceedings are afforded a presumption of innocent. Therefore if they are found not
by morpheos137 5y ago
Is this 1984 style newspeak?
In Common Law countries defendants in criminal proceedings are afforded a presumption of innocent. Therefore if they are found not guilty they stay innocent as originally presumed.
- orra 5y ago> In Common Law countries (FYI, Scots law is not solely common law. Scots law is a hybrid civil and common law.) > Therefore if they are found not guilty they stay innocent as originally presumed. The point the other poster was making is: being found Not Guilty or Not Proven, beyond reasonable doubt, in a criminal trial does not imply the accused was morally innocent. Often juries may suspect the accused is morally guilty but feel there is insufficient evidence. Jurors in the UK however are never allowed to talk about their deliberations. So we can't know their reasoning.
- MisterBastahrd 5y agoYou are pretending that the legal definition of innocence is the same as the moral or colloquial definition. They aren't remotely the same.
- CRConrad 5y agoIf this were a courtroom, sure.