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Originally Posted by MattyC
See this is a big discrepancy going on about innocent vs not guilty.
He has been found not guilty because of the witness testimonies, but that doesn't mean he's innocent and did not deserve to go to jail. They tried to have someone found guilty of something he very likely did, but in doing so tried to collude their stories, purposely withhold information, and outright lie. And thus, brought all of their testimonies into question. None of those means he didn't physically assault these women.
You may notice that the defense never once tried to deny the allegations through witnesses for Ghomeshi, they tore down the complaintants story because they and the prosecution allowed themselves to be open to such scrutiny.
If they had been forthright about their relationships with Ghomeshi, no doubt in my mind he would have been found guilty.
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Thanks for the lesson in law, but I never said he was innocent. I said he didn't deserve to be in prison. As he's been acquitted of all charges, I'm not sure how you can think otherwise. It exactly means that he doesn't deserve to go to jail.
We will never know if he would have been convicted in the absence of the collusion and lies, but it is pretty clear that the complainants thought they had to do those things in order to get a conviction (otherwise, why do it?)