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From: wagner@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Michael Wagner)
Date: Tue, 24-Jan-89 01:54:36 EST
Message-ID: <1989Jan24.015436.11430@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Newsgroups: tor.general
Subject: Re: presumption of innocence
References: <157@aimed.UUCP> <4674@hcr.UUCP> <1989Jan20.201648.20385@lsuc.uucp> <4712@hcr.UUCP> <8901240223.AA03286@gerrard.csri.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: wagner@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Michael Wagner)
Distribution: tor
Keywords: Presumption of Innocence & "Criminals"

I think suicides are often refered to as alleged suicides, since the
determination of suicide or not is a legal matter, having great influence
on things like life insurance benefits.  So the criminal, while already dead,
is still refered to as the alleged criminal.  Oh, by the way, I'm presuming
that suicide is still a crime - it used to be (for reasons more religious
than legal (or logical, for that matter)).

Michael