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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
It’s ridiculous that the presumption on innocence has effectively been removed in favour of guilty as soon as an accusation is made. The claims should be investigated, then people can demand he step down once it’s shown he actually did something. At the same time, if the allegations are false, there should be penalties equal to those of the allegations.
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Maybe in the interest of balancing things, the name of the accused could be prohibited from being public (similar to under age accusers) until a verdict has been made by the court?