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Comment by zygentoma

9 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.

> "Innocent until proven guilty" concerns whether someone did a crime

See my upthread comment: "Innocent until proven guilty" is catchy but false.

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