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oliveorvil t1_ixw7jni wrote

Reply to comment by JohnHwagi in Squid Game actor O Yeong-su charged with sexual misconduct by ninja6911

Actually being charged with something is much more than a mere accusation.. plenty of people don’t get anywhere with the justice system with a simple accusation, even with evidence

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[deleted] t1_ixwdcku wrote

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oliveorvil t1_ixwebeo wrote

This isn't a proclamation of this person's guilt.. it's saying he's charged. If people are mistaking this for him being found guilty then that's their own fault for not understanding how crime/prosecution works.

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[deleted] t1_ixwj2sa wrote

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oliveorvil t1_ixwl5dy wrote

It definitely has bearing on whether they're actually guilty lol you can't be found guilty if you aren't charged with a crime in the first place.. but that doesn't mean they're guilty, it's just the first step. They still are innocent until proven guilty. It's kind of hard to tell what you're arguing for here.. are you saying it shouldn't be reported when someone is charged? or that people need to stop conflating the two?

The problem with not reporting when someone is charged is that there is a nonzero amount of people out on bail that are in fact guilty.. so the public would deserve to know. This is a scenario where it's a lot of gray area and there's no clean solution that balances both justice and liberty (or in this case the liberty of the person charged with the liberties of the public around them).. I think your logic is also based on the false pretense that if you're innocent of a crime that a state has charged you with, then you're shit out of luck regardless of whether you're found innocent or guilty which isn't true.. People have the right to use the court to sue as well.

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khamelean t1_ixwyjcs wrote

All suspects are guilty!! Otherwise they wouldn’t be suspects, would they?

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DownvoteDaemon t1_ixyxek7 wrote

I get your point mam, but people are rarely just randomly charged with sexual misconduct or assault for no reason. It's scary the number of platonic women friends I know who have gone through sexual assault.

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