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Originally Posted by driveway
Ghomeshi was acquitted and is therefore innocent. Do I personally think he committed acts for which he should go to prison? Yes, I think he most likely did. However, we have a judicial process in this country and it was followed as laid out in our legal system and therefore he gets to go free.
Do I think changes need to be made to how sexual assault trials are handled? Yes. Do I think there is a fundamental difference between sexual assault and other kinds of violent crime? Yes.
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why does being acquitted make him innocent? Not guilty does not equal innocent.