Innocent?

Neal Boortz explained something today that really bothers me every time I hear someone say it. Innocent until proven guilty. People throw that around like someone is really completely innocent - don't dare say he committed a crime, you have to use "allegedly" every time you talk about it. The innocent part is in the eyes of the law, not "the truth." If you rob a bank, your guilty of robbing a bank the moment you do it. That's the truth. Maybe you didn't get caught, you are still guilty of the crime.

One day they catch up to you, are you suddenly innocent? No, but the government can't punish you for the crime until you are proven guilty in a court of law. If they can't prove it, you go free - doesn't mean you are innocent of the crime - just means the government can't prove it and can't punish you.

If you never committed a crime and you get framed, found guilty and put in jail, does that mean you really committed the crime? Of course not, you are innocent - in reality - but not in the eyes of the law. I hope you can get that straightened out.

There can be a huge difference between reality and "the eyes of the law." Too often there is.

There are way too many people in this country who can't wrap their minds around that. Pehaps they don't want to.

Anyway, this is what Neal said about it.