• vinzen@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Reading you comment I searched for the differences between being “not guilty” and being “innocent” and boy I didn’t know enough about the US justice system. I thought a “not guilty” verdict was the same as “the guy didn’t do it”. I stand corrected, though. Thanks for your input.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not sure where you’re from. But that principle by no means is limited to the US but pretty much present in every western country.

      The whole idea is to prevent false convictions at the cost of guilty people walking free if their guilt can’t be proven.