"Innocent until proven guilty" is so commonly misunderstood. It refers to legal innocence, not factual innocence, meaning that gov't has to prove an accused person is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Mileage can vary on reasonable doubt but a juror must not convict even if they believe the defendant to be guilty. That's why a person guilty as sin can get acquitted.
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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan
Also can if we can factor in "statistically, women don't lie", can we factor in "statistically, crazy drug addicts with a history of being unstable attention whores tend to lie a lot more than others"? Because that's also definitely reality.
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It is but doesn't cancel out the reality of false accusations being rare.