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Re:Bill Cosby to Be Freed as Court Overturns His Sex Assault... by xeromal on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @03:18PM (#27692438)
Cosby is legally innocent. He made a deal with the state and the state lied. If the state doesn't keep its agreements, the government is a sham.
Re:Bill Cosby to Be Freed as Court Overturns His Sex Assault... by mcphage on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @03:32PM (#27692571)
"Found not guilty" and "innocent" are not the same thing. "Conviction overturned because of prosecutorial mistakes" and "innocent" aren't even in the same ballpark. Nobody is questioning whether Cosby did it—the evidence at the heart of this is his admission that he did. The issue is whether that evidence could be used in his conviction.
Re:Bill Cosby to Be Freed as Court Overturns His Sex Assault... by imbnwa on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:02PM (#27693391)
> Cosby is legally innocent

I feel this captures the extent of what you're saying, unless we're making an implicit claim about "using the word innocent in this context has X,Y,Z societal side effects", etc etc

Re:Bill Cosby to Be Freed as Court Overturns His Sex Assault... by mcphage on Friday July 02, 2021 @09:48AM (#27711488)
Using the word "innocent" implies that they didn't do what they are accused of.