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Re:In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Cou... by bsder on Sunday November 19, 2017 @04:25PM (#15736016)
> Innocent until proven guilty (in a court of law) has been put to the test and found lacking in the current wave of revelations.

This is all well and good until you are on the wrong side of that equation.

We nominally prioritize "protecting the innocent" over "punishing the guilty". There are VERY good reasons why we set things up this way.

You want the wheels of justice to grind accurately.

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Re:In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Cou... by stareatgoats on Sunday November 19, 2017 @05:53PM (#15736412)
Agreed. Not sure if you read my comment to the end, but that's more or less my position too. As well as the broad public. So when this still happens, there must be a reason for it. The theory of why is the essence of my comment above.
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