"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
bert wrote:
In article , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
bert wrote:
Read what's there not what you want to be there. If you commit a
crime you become a "criminal" by definition. As an individual charged
with a crime you are presumed innocent until a jury decides otherwise
at which point you become a "convicted criminal". Is that plain
enough?

Then only that criminal can call himself a criminal. If everyone is
correct about him being a criminal, why bother with a trial?

Eh?
But then I doubt you care much about justice.


Collins GEM English Dictionary

Criminal n. person guilty of a crime.

Doesn’t say guilty in a court of law. Clearly if the person
actually did the crime, they are guilty. That is an entirely
separate matter to whether there are reliable witnesses
or forensic evidence that is sufficient to see them
charged and convicted in a court.

Note the word guilty. Do you need that explained too?