Nor does "face your accuser" mean that the victim is treated as being as culpable as the accused.
Innocent until proven guilty REQUIRES us to consider all accusations against a specific person false until proven otherwise. Anything else would be a legal paradox, not to mention violation of due process and basic rights guarenteed by the US Constitution.
I ask again, Are you, Paft, prepared to stake ruining an innocent person's life on less?
And much more prevalent that many others seem to think.
Yes, but i think you'd be surprised if you knew who the victims were.
There are single mothers working two jobs who still are unable to pay for basic necessities.
And?
And how have they managed this with their generous social safety nets and shorter work hours?
We've been over (http://talk-politics.livejournal.com/1830965.html?thread=145203765#t145203765) this (http://talk-politics.livejournal.com/1838915.html?thread=145434947#t145434947) before (http://talk-politics.livejournal.com/1851460.html?thread=146111300#t146111300).
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Date: 22/4/14 20:54 (UTC)Innocent until proven guilty REQUIRES us to consider all accusations against a specific person false until proven otherwise. Anything else would be a legal paradox, not to mention violation of due process and basic rights guarenteed by the US Constitution.
I ask again, Are you, Paft, prepared to stake ruining an innocent person's life on less?
And much more prevalent that many others seem to think.
Yes, but i think you'd be surprised if you knew who the victims were.
There are single mothers working two jobs who still are unable to pay for basic necessities.
And?
And how have they managed this with their generous social safety nets and shorter work hours?
We've been over (http://talk-politics.livejournal.com/1830965.html?thread=145203765#t145203765) this (http://talk-politics.livejournal.com/1838915.html?thread=145434947#t145434947) before (http://talk-politics.livejournal.com/1851460.html?thread=146111300#t146111300).