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by aimazon 504 days ago
> I'd love to see people take the real lesson here - an arrest proves nothing of guilt

And neither does a guilty verdict in a court of law. An arrest is a data point that we can use to inform our opinion of someone just as a verdict is.

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> And neither does a guilty verdict in a court of law

We all agree to live in a system where a guilty verdict reached BT a jury of your peers means that you were legally found guilt. That still doesn't technically mean you did it, but it does mean you are legally deemed guilty.

Is the court system flawless? Absolutely not, I've seen that first hand. But guilt, in a legal sense, has a definition and is directly linked to that jury verdict.

We live in it whether we agree with it or not. Most people have limited options when it comes to the location they call home.