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regnaD kciN

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2. And, yet, families of the victims are still certain of his guilt...

Reply to LoisB (Reply #1)

Wed May 14, 2025, 06:45 PM

May 14

…which proves that “innocent until proven guilty” is a necessary legal maxim, because it is the natural reaction of those involved in a case to not only assume “guilty until proven innocent,” but “guilty even after being proven innocent.”

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James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in Mass. history. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 14 OP

There isn't enough money in MA to compensate him for all he lost. Sad. LoisB May 14 #1

And, yet, families of the victims are still certain of his guilt... regnaD kciN May 14 #2