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"Innocent until proven guilty" is simply an admonishment given to juries because many law-and-order types assume that defendants are guilty simply because they are being tried. Legally, a person is simply "not guilty" unless and until they are proven guilty.

"Innocence" is a specific legal term which means that person is not only "not guilty" but further that there is sufficient proof that they did not commit the crime alleged.




Fair enough, that actually all sounds right to me. Like when defendants receive a verdict of "guilty" or "not guilty."




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