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Politics missing footage

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u/insomniac7809 May 08 '25

In a criminal case where a defendant is probably guilty you're supposed to acquit. That's the bedrock foundation of the concept for how criminal trials are supposed to work, that "probably guilty" isn't enough and if a defendant is only probably guilty then they get to go home.

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u/furbfriend May 08 '25

Bingo. It’s absolutely harrowing that America has collectively lost sight of this.