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Was the allegations against michael jackson ever proven right or wrong ? (feddit.ch)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Do explain your answers answers much as you can. Like which of the ones were proved right/wrong , how did it come to be .etc.etc.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

when the courts operate on the basis of “innocent until proven guilty”.

This is a slogan, a hypothetical that applies to a spherical defendant in a vacuum. In over 90% of all US criminal convictions, the prosecution has no burden of proof.