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In the US, what happens a if a newspaper calls someone innocent, who is then proven guilty?

That was a super high horse you rapidly jumped on, but where I'm going is, it may not be a risk reputable journalism takes lightly.

"No outstanding warrants" will have been true at the time whatever is uncovered later. "They shot a presumed innocent" is probably safe but meaningless. "They shot an innocent person" - what happens if the person is then found super guilty? And innocent of what - what if somebody says "they were clearly in the video driving without their seatbelt" or "they had expired license plate"? USA has a lovely constitution yes, but also a nicely profitable legal industry.

Put the moral notion aside: In the USA, I don't think it's an easy risk to take, and clearly newspapers agree.



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