Thank you for highlighting some of these distinctions. It seems like in online discussions, and especially in the recent US midterm cycle where crime was said

Thank you for highlighting some of these distinctions. It seems like in online discussions, and especially in the recent US midterm cycle where crime was said to be an issue, and hell, I've even seen this when I've been called for jury duty ... Many people seemingly do not understand that police or a district attorney accusing someone of a crime is not the same as guilt. I would say even that many times a conviction doesn't really mean that. We as a country accuse and convict a lot of innocent people, have an unfair punishment mentality, often charge in excess of a person's actual misdeed, etc. And all of these problems and more are amplified when the accused doesn't have resources to fight it.