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Since when has the burden of proof been with the accused? Do either of these women have evidence other than their own testimony?


Men accused of sexual offences have been presumed guilty until proven innocent for the past two decades. Didn't you get the memo?


And that's why so many of them have gone to jail recently...oh wait.


Not sure what you're trying to say there. Men go to jail on all the time purely on the strength of the victim's testimony. Seems like every week I'm reading a story in the newspaper about a guy who got released from jail after being cleared by a DNA test.


The burden of proof is on the accusers, but "not proven" is a long way off from "clearly false".




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