A Quiet Evening’s Reading: ‘Notable British Trials’

Re:A Quiet Evening’s Reading: ‘Notable British Trials’ by xcavier on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @07:31AM (#17407332)

‘Not guilty’ does not mean innocent. It means only that the prosecution has failed to prove the accused’s/defendant’s guilt to the requisite standard of proof.

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Re:A Quiet Evening’s Reading: ‘Notable British Trials’ by guiriduro on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @08:13AM (#17407503)

Not guilty absolutely does mean (legally) innocent. You can argue the toss whether legally innocent should be understood as innocence in the wider sense of course, but the point stands.

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Re:A Quiet Evening’s Reading: ‘Notable British Trials’ by pc86 on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @09:54AM (#17408096)

If that were true then wouldn't the concept of double jeopardy not exist?

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Re:A Quiet Evening’s Reading: ‘Notable British Trials’ by asfdsfggtfd on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @10:00AM (#17408140)

The UK has been phasing this out..

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Re:A Quiet Evening’s Reading: ‘Notable British Trials’ by asfdsfggtfd on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:45AM (#17414862)

To the downvoter. I'm sorry you don't like this (I don't either) but you can't downvote away facts.

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Re:A Quiet Evening’s Reading: ‘Notable British Trials’ by asfdsfggtfd on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @10:00AM (#17408138)

How would you propose treating people found not guilty legally?

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