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Originally Posted by Azure
Innocent until proven guilty is reserved for everyone, not just people that are deemed guilty by the court of public opinion.
I don't think anyone should make excuses, and it certainly doesn't look good, but there are been far too many incidents where people's lives were ruined because the court of public opinion dealt out judgements one way or the other, and in the end were wrong.
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So if your neighbor drives your kids to school, and you notice his kids have black eyes and bruises, etc....they say something about their dad drinking too much and being scary.....that dude is presumed innocent in your neighborhood until a jury of his peers has convicted him? I doubt it.
EDIT: I'd also add that for every "victim of public opinion" there are several abused folks who change their story and continue to be abused under pressure from others to "keep it together for the family/team/etc". In these cases the "truth that comes out" is not really the truth, which was the point of my post and what I personally feel has taken/will take place here.