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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Eh, I think that's a motte and bailey. Or at least, I don't think that's what a lot of people mean by it - in a lot of cases, the sentiment seems to be that if someone alleges that they were victim of an assault and the accused perpetrator denies it, you start off by believing the alleging victim and disbelieving the accused perpetrator. But fine, if that's what you mean; I doubt anyone would disagree with that.
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Yeah the waters get a bit murky for me when the accused is found not guilty or not enough evidence to indict, but I think that's where the public kind of has to go with the balance of probabilities approach indicated in the article.