| I agreed that someone would not, in a formal situation, such as a court hearing, be allowed to call someone who had not been convicted a felon, rather than, say, an alleged felon, because the facts of the case had not been established. I also argued that in circumstances where one was informally expressing an opinion about guilt, it was permissible to use the term. Finally, I said that it was outrageous to question someone's professional credentials on such a triviality, especially if his specialty were not the criminal law, and that it was even worse to take active measures to cause trouble, as lawdog alleged he had done..... |
