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Originally Posted by nomadking
So, no investigation of a crime can ever take place because everyone is assumed innocent? You couldn't even question somebody because that would assume that they could be guilty.
Is there no murderer until after somebody has been convicted of that murder?  |
You appear to be misunderstanding what I said - it is one of the basic tenets of UK law that guilt has to be proved, not innocence;
The only way this can be validated is by investigation of the crime, collation of evidence, and presentation of this evidence to CPS (to see if they agree there is enough evidence to support a prosecution), and then a trial to review and judge the evidence, at which point guilt or innocence is decided. Up till then, the accused are suspects, nothing more.
But I am sure you knew that.