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Both ways.

 

Today is my hypothetical example day:

 

We have John and Joan. John has commited a crime of murdering someone and Joan has not.

 

John lives in a world where "innocent until guilty" applies, and Joan lives in a world where "guilty until innocent" applies.

 

John's lawyers have no evidence that John didn't commit a crime, but John's opposition has no evidence he DID. Therefore, the jury abides by the law and the guilty man is now innocent.

 

Joan's lawyers have no evidence that Joan didn't commit a crime, but Joan's opposition has no evidence he DID. Therefore, the jury abides by the law and the innocent man is now guilty.

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Guilty until proven Guilty. Innocent until proven not guilty. Easy as that.

 

That's a contradiction. What are they when they're not proven? They can't be both innocent and guilty at once.

 

They're a suspect until proven guilty or innocent, in which case they're guilty or innocent. Until they're proven innocent or guilty, they are neither, but merely a suspect.

 

No more guilty or innocent than the next guy, but more likely to be guilty in your eyes based on ____.

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Guilty until proven Guilty. Innocent until proven not guilty. Easy as that.

 

That's a contradiction. What are they when they're not proven? They can't be both innocent and guilty at once.

 

They're a suspect until proven guilty or innocent' date=' in which case they're guilty or innocent. Until they're proven innocent or guilty, they are neither, but merely a suspect.

 

No more guilty or innocent than the next guy, but more likely to be guilty in your eyes based on ____.

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Oh, I wasn't really paying attention to what I was typing. Fix'd.

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I remember when America tried to do guilty until proven innocence. It was called the Salem Witch Trials.

 

That's because America used to fail. Now it's all like 'GTFO, white republicanos, you suck KKK balls'. And because of Obama and the Democrats, it's epic.

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@ Polaris

 

What exactly do you mean by suspect?

 

In "innocent until guilty", the person is innocent if the opposition comes up with no evidence that says otherwise. In "guilty until innocent", the person is guilty if his/her lawyer's cannot come up with evidence that says otherwise.

 

Does suspect mean you are guilty or innocent? You cannot be neither, nor both.

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