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Dropped charges generally come from lacking of evidence not that a rape didn't occur but that the prosecutors didn't have enough evidence to prove it.

Here I was thinking that in the United States of America we were all presumed innocent until we are PROVEN guilty. If there is not enough evidence to prove them guilty, shouldn't we presume that they are innocent?

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Posted by randomways

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Posted on 2/25/16 at 1:00 pm to tivey6301

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Here I was thinking that in the United States of America we were all presumed innocent until we are PROVEN guilty. If there is not enough evidence to prove them guilty, shouldn't we presume that they are innocent?

The legal system does. Whether the rest of us do is entirely a personal choice.

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Posted by thefloydian

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Posted on 2/25/16 at 3:58 pm to tivey6301

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Here I was thinking that in the United States of America we were all presumed innocent until we are PROVEN guilty. If there is not enough evidence to prove them guilty, shouldn't we presume that they are innocent?

No, dumbass. That just means we don't put them in jail.