For someone from the civilized world, there is a clear way from "innocent" to "convicted": through a conviction. Only a court can convict someone. Only a conv

For someone from the civilized world, there is a clear way from "innocent" to "convicted": through a conviction. Only a court can convict someone. Only a convicted person may be legally punished. Before a conviction can occur, there must be suspicion, and most probably an arrest. A suspect is still to be treated as innocent. If you allow suspects to be punished, you allow innocents to be punished. At that point, the rule of law has ended, and your country is not part of the civilized world anymore.