Re: Very Sad, but Appears True

[grady@netcom.com (Grady Ward)]

Michael Foegelle (foegelle@sleepy.cc.utexas.edu) wrote:

: Well, it so happens that in our legal system there is a certain clause which, 
: although probably not always fair says that a SUSPECT is INNOCENT until PROVEN
: guilty.  Matt is a SUSPECT in an ALLEGED mollestation.  Therefore he is legally
: innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.  Thus, until he's convicted,

But Matt made a rather important admission: he pled 'no contest', which is
a ticket to jail, just like 'guilty as charged'. If he were innocent,
one might suppose he would plead 'innocent'. 

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