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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: The Philosopher who wrote (73733)8/30/2003 7:12:23 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
You can say, often of a young girl, tht she is sweet an innocent. Non-legal usage.

You can say of a person that he or she is guilty of rude behavior, which is obviously not a crime, so the term is not used in a legal context.

But in a legal context, a person who is found not guilty of a specific crime is innocent of that crime. Period.

You can say a person is guilty of murder. If they murdered someone then they are guilty even if they may not be convicted or even indicted.

Tim
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