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To: shelterguy
In court you will be found guilty or not guilty.
You will not be found innocent.

And what is the difference between "not guilty" and "innocent"?
There is none. It is only by "standard convention" [of terminology] that the court says "guilty" or "not guilty." -- It is much like in programming, where to say 'execute' or 'run' a program; both mean the same thing, though the former is the "standard convention" of the field.

There is no difference, no subtlety-of-meaning, as in mathematics between "non-negative" and "positive" where the difference is the inclusion/exclusion of zero.

And again, the definition of innocent: to be free from legal guilt, means "not guilty": yes or no?

54 posted on 02/17/2013 11:58:56 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Not guilty is a million miles from innocent.


56 posted on 02/17/2013 12:16:59 PM PST by shelterguy
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