• Fondots@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Yes, words mean things.

    Murderer means someone who has committed murder.

    Acquitted means that someone was tried for a crime but not convicted.

    That could be because they’re actually innocent

    Or it could be because of insufficient evidence, loopholes, technicalities, and circumstances that the people who wrote the law didn’t foresee, they were unable to adequately prove guilt. It could also be due to corruption or incompetence.

    So you can commit a murder and still be acquitted of it. It doesn’t mean you’re not a murderer, it just means that you weren’t convicted for the murder you committed.

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      4 months ago

      It would also be crazy if statue of limitations would be used to argue that somebody isn’t guilty when there’s solid evidence just because a court can’t legally find them guilty at that point