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I've lived long enough to see too many cases where "the public" have rushed to judgment and have found "guilty" the wrong person. The first news you hear about a suspect is all against him. Always.

Case in point: the Olympic bombings -- remember that?

It's also a bit personal. My uncle was accused of abusing his daughter, but it turned out that he was entirely innocent. I won't go into the details, but after the mere "accusation," his life and career were almost destroyed. Of course, whenever a child is the one abused, we're so eager to find someone guilty, that we'll settle for anyone....

Again, that said, if this suspect is the guilty one, I'm all in favor of his being severly punished, to the point of death.