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> > If one is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and then in
> > trial found to be not guilty, doesn't that make "not guilty"
> > equal to "innocent"? At what point did the person's status
> > change from "presumed innocent" to "not guilty." Why is there a
> > distinction?
Here is a nice word to express the above, blatantly stolen from
Anu Garg's word list:
li.to.tes \'li-t-*-.te-z, 'lit-\ n or litotes [Gk litote-s, fr. litos
simple; akin to Gk leios smooth pl m more at LIME : understatement in
which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in
"not a bad singer")
Thus, "not guilty" <> "innocent."
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