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Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit by jhauris on Thursday December 05, 2019 @08:43AM (#21712170)
That benefit seems extremely marginal when the presumption if innocence is the standard.

Your explanation for the UK police caution phrasing makes perfect sense, but I wonder now if it's not meant to scare people into talking?

Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit by AmericanChopper on Thursday December 05, 2019 @05:07PM (#21717155)
The presumption of innocence is theoretical at best. A prosecutor will present a theory of the case along with their evidence. Simply undermining that theory is often not enough to convince a jury, they’ll often expect the defence to put forward and substantiate a superior theory.

I don’t know the motives of putting that in the warning. But it is at least true, even if it’s almost universally not a good idea.