With representation there to do the speaking, the guilty are suddenly given the freedom that comes with hiding behind the fact that they never said that - in fact, they never said anything!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty.
All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.
We all have the problem of what do you do with the not-guilty-yet in free and democratic societies where you have the presumption of innocence. It's a very difficult problem.
Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
Now, unfortunately, some prissy card-carrying members of the U.S. Constitution have made us all look bad by pointing out that many of the Gitmo detainees weren't guilty of anything. Whoops!
When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.
Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?
Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong.
The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing.