So someone accuses another person of something that supposedly happened 30 years ago at a party. She has absolutely no corroborating Witnesses and can't remember details about the party. But the person who is accused is supposed to simply accept the accusation as true? Absolutely not. In our system we don't assume people are guilty sim…
So someone accuses another person of something that supposedly happened 30 years ago at a party. She has absolutely no corroborating Witnesses and can't remember details about the party. But the person who is accused is supposed to simply accept the accusation as true? Absolutely not. In our system we don't assume people are guilty simply because they're accused. We require evidence. There was none. Doesn't mean it didn't happen. But it does mean we don't assume he's guilty.
So someone accuses another person of something that supposedly happened 30 years ago at a party. She has absolutely no corroborating Witnesses and can't remember details about the party. But the person who is accused is supposed to simply accept the accusation as true? Absolutely not. In our system we don't assume people are guilty simply because they're accused. We require evidence. There was none. Doesn't mean it didn't happen. But it does mean we don't assume he's guilty.
There was also no investigation, so I'm not sure where you expected evidence to come from.
I completely agree with you.