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Re:Rape victims among those to be asked to hand phones to po... by DanBC on Monday April 29, 2019 @10:32AM (#19778666)
Criminal trials use "beyond all reasonable doubt" as their burden of proof. A criminal trial does not clear the accused of any charges. The jury may well think "he probably did it, and I would not leave him alone with my daughter, but the prosecution failed to prove that he did it beyond all reasonable doubt". Juries do not clear someone.

Guilty people are found not guilty, by design, every day.

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Re:Rape victims among those to be asked to hand phones to po... by chmod775 on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:07AM (#19778999)
I changed the language I used in my comment.

Maybe it's now deserving of a response.

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