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Originally Posted by GioforPM
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Not to add a THIRD lawyer into this exercise of parsing the statements… but I do see a distinction between saying “the allegation is false” and “I maintain my innocence.” The first goes to the underlying facts (I.e. these facts are untrue) while the second suggests that the accused will either argue that guilt can’t be established to the requisite standard, or that an affirmative defense of some kind is available.
Similarly, denying “criminal wrongdoing” to me is not as strong as denying the allegation itself.
Mind you, I don’t practice in this area so would defer to MBates on whether any of these statements are unusual.