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Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Important note: in the US people are not found “innocent,” they are found “not guilty.” It may seem pedantic but it’s important to remember that a lack of a conviction is not evidence that they didn’t commit a crime, only that a jury believed there was enough doubt in the evidence to decline to find them guilty.

This is especially important to remember in rape cases, where evidence is difficult for outsiders to determine and a trial result of “not guilty” doesn’t necessarily mean a rape didn’t happen or that the defendant didn’t commit it.

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