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To: marktwain

The term “innocent until proven guilty” needs to be discarded.

The word “until” sounds like a guilty verdict is a foregone conclusion, like a kangaroo court.

The word “until” should be replaced with “unless.”

Innocent unless proven guilty.


11 posted on 09/26/2022 6:43:40 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

That phrase is used appropriately in a court context and is a useful way of labeling the practices derived from and applicable to the presumption of innocence in a court of law.

In the real world, the wrongdoer is guilty at the moment he commits the crime. In the teaching by Jesus in the sermon on the mount, he is guilty the moment he imagines the crime.

An innocent man however continues to be innocent during his conviction, sentencing, and execution and before God for all eternity, but this has nothing to do with the court.

There would be nothing wrong with making the change of that one word, but I don’t think it would help because you are addressing the emotional reactions of the common people.

I have found it important to clarify to people that though the court has to treat OJ Simpson as an innocent man, I DO NOT!!


16 posted on 09/26/2022 12:38:14 PM PDT by BDParrish (God called, He said He'd take you back!)
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