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Comment by __alexs

10 hours ago

What happened to innocent until proven guilty?

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__alexs

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zygentoma  8 hours ago

"Innocent until proven guilty" concerns whether someone did a crime, not whether something is a crime.

An action can clearly be a crime, but it might be unclear if you did that action.

  • dctoedt  9 minutes ago

    [delayed]

  • __alexs  2 hours ago

    Only our legal institutions and the frameworks they create can decide if any specific act is a crime.

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