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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Zeus posted...

Oh? Try pulling that shit at a newspaper or making a public statement of guilt and watch how fucking fast you'd be sued. There's a reason people say, "accused," "allegedly," etc, and that's because there's a massive difference between being charged with or tried for a crime and being found guilty.

They say accused and allegedly when they are accusations and allegations, they don't have to say that when there's absolute evidence as it's not an allegation, it's a statement of truth. (Not that this is actually a rigid thing since UK news are outright stating Russia did nerve gas spies, despite a lack of irrefutable evidence.)

Absolute evidence is a conviction. That's an entry into public record. Somebody being investigated or going to trial is not evidence. As for the allegations concerning Russia poisoning a former spy, foreign governments and government agencies generally don't sue for libel.
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