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Being wonderful or not wonderful isn't a crime though. His sentencing included presumption of an unproven crime. The US justice system is explicitly based on
by notch656a 4y ago
Being wonderful or not wonderful isn't a crime though. His sentencing included presumption of an unproven crime. The US justice system is explicitly based on not considering someone guilty of a crime until proven guilty. You have no right to not be considered a wonderful or horrible person, but you do have a right to not be considered guilty of the crime until convicted.
- ceejayoz 4y ago> The US justice system is explicitly based on not considering someone guilty of a crime until proven guilty. For a criminal conviction, the standard is "proof beyond a reasonable doubt". For sentencing, judges can consider evidence under a different standard, "preponderance of the evidence". As prosecutors introduced evidence of the murder-for-hire allegations in trial, the judge was permitted to consider it.