Innocent until proven guilty is a statement that has always bothered me because of the use of ‘until’. Until means ‘ continuing up to a particular point of time, then stopping’ therefore ‘innocent until proven guilty’ implies that it is only a matter of time before the accused person’s guilt will be revealed.
There is power in words – didn’t someone once say ‘the pen is mightier than the sword’? If we changed the statement to ‘innocent unless proven guilty’ it could bring about a change in perception about the accused person.
And that’s a nice short addition to my twig after an absence of months!
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