Originally posted by JB88
he makes a good point.
we have been shifting that way lately as a culture. we really should at least TRY to suspend judgement.
Yer right, its an excellent point. However, to be fair, I seriously doubt anyone is going to arrest a schoolteacher and charge them with (I'm guessing possession of?) child pornography. Thats pretty much something you have proof of before you arrest someone who can argue their career was ruined by the exposure, if you arrested them wrongly.
While it may be true that we are often quick to ajudge guilt when it hasnt been proven in court yet, we also must remember that many times those who truly are guilty are set free by our justice system on technicalities. We may be "innocent until proven guilty" in the eyes of the law, but there are lots of people out there who are "guilty but proven innocent" by the same laws. Doesnt exactly engender faith in the system.