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This is bonkers. We are innocent until proven guilty, not "unproven". Witness testimony on its own is circumstantial evidence in general. Witnesses are very un
by kergonath 5y ago
This is bonkers. We are innocent until proven guilty, not "unproven".
Witness testimony on its own is circumstantial evidence in general. Witnesses are very unreliable.
- Ensorceled 5y agoWe are innocent until proven guilty, I never disputed that. I'm saying the accusation, the witness testimony, is NOT assumed false, the accusation is simply unproven. If the jury/judge believes the testimony, they may convict on that testimony. Then the accused is proven guilty. That the accusation started off being false and then magically became true when when the jury believed it is the bonkers belief here. The fact that witness testimony is unreliable is a big part of WHY the accused is presumed innocent.