Aribeth Zelin
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Yup - even if someone is caught red-handed, its supposed to be alleged until trial - of course, if he'd been a person of colour or a liberal, he'd never have made it -to- trial, but.... that's the US of A for you.Newspapers' lawyers and editors get very unhappy indeed, at least in the UK, if the word "alleged" isn't attached to any report of a criminal matter in which the defendant has not yet been convicted.
Had The Guardian omitted the qualifier then, should he plead lawful self-defence or the defence of another and the jury acquit him, then the paper would potentially be facing a large bill for libel in the English courts if he wanted to make an issue of it.
So "alleged" until the suspect is safely convicted.






Thread :
, an indication,I think, of how this defense will probably be met.




(Just in case it isn't clear, I'm being sarcastic.)



