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> Innocent until proven guilty is an American ethical precept.

B-7, miss!

This concept predates Americans by a number of years; it certainly wasn't invented there. The idea can be traced to ancient Greek and was already applied by the Romans.




Interesting, thanks for the knowledge.

So interesting how societies of all time periods have due process for some, and slavery/war for others


> This concept predates Americans by a number of years; it certainly wasn't invented there.

That happens to also be true.




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