• jay9@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The alleged is probably more a policy thing.

    Like where does the organisation draw the line between “obviously guilty” and “obviously not guilty” - there has to be a bar set somewhere. And right now, it is the legal definition.

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      1 year ago

      As I've heard it explained, "alleged" is when someone is accused but not (yet) declared guilty/liable in court.

      Them being fined would indicate that there's no longer any need for such ass-covering and continuing to do so could be construed as bias against the judgment of the court being correct.

      It's probably just sloppy journalism, though, but that's bad enough in itself.