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You're confusing murder and manslaughter. Murder requires a level of intent. Manslaughter does not.


I believe you misunderstood my point/opinion.

The original comment stated a murderer (alleged in this case) is tried and found innocent of Murder by a court of law and then, due to this ruling, may take down information to the extent it defames them.

My point was that if a Judge/Jury acquited the alleged murderer, then they are, by definition, not guilty of murder.

Of course, it's rarely that black and white, i.e. OJ Simpson or someone getting off on a technicality, but since were discussing this at a high and abstract level, the alleged murderer should not be considered and treated as a murderer.

Furthermore, my second point was that everyone is entitled to the benefit of the doubt, and be innocent until proven guilty. The fictitious person in question should never have been called a murderer in the first place, just an alleged murder.


I believe I did misunderstand your point. Thank you for the clarification.




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