Olden Dayes

[xolo]

I grew up in this quaint country called "America". You young folk may not believe it, but back in those less-enlightened times, it was our custom that no-one could be punished for a crime until he'd been convicted in a court of law, before a jury of his peers, regardless of how many people were accusing him

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[allaboutweather]

You mean it wasn't always the court of public opinion that decided who was guilty?

[c_eagle]

Lynch-mob mentality is a scary disease :|

Oddly enough, some countries prevent publication of 'allegations" in the media to stop such assumptive convictions, ...but there are people who would say that is unacceptable ...