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Originally Posted by Sticks
What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
He has not been found guilty in any trial and therefore must be considered an innocent man. I thought that was how our judicial system worked?
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In the eyes of the law you are correct Sticks. It is 'innocent until proven guilty', but unfortunately when it comes to paedophelia and a media two-ring-circus where 'profit' comes before the consideration of anyone who actually may be innocent, it becomes 'guilty until proven innocent'. The public (most of which are a gullable thick bunch of people) will simply believe what is spewed out by the papers and on tv which then turns them into judge, jury and executioner of the person or persons they name, and without a trial or much evidence to back it up.
The evidence that the police are desperate to find which can link anyone else to what Jimmy Saville may have done will be simply people coming forward and saying 'this', 'that' and 'the other' about what aparently happened to them in the past. The second that happens the police will rush like mad to that person or persons house, probably mob-handed and it wont be long before the media find out, as theres more than likely someone in the force taking a back-hander
as the newspaper that gets that juicy story the quickest will without doubt profit very much from it, so paying to get the information faster than anyone else will be in their best interest. It's a corrupt world you know
The News of the World phone-hacking scandal for instance.
I was reading about Freddie Star's furious outburst towards these (couldn't give a ****) journalists who are more than happy to shove a camera and a microphone in his face and talk about allegations that he maybe a peadophile. Well his life is now ruined anyway (guilty or innocent) and I agree with his anger. I think anyone would with the way the whole corrupt system works.