And this is why I make it a point to sincerely believe in the innocence of every person not convincingly convicted of a crime, and even extend compassion to those who were found guilty for the panoply of reasons for which the jury / prosecution / system might have been rigged / biased / broken.

It seems like we make sport of being able to determine the guilt or innocence of people from the comfort of our homes, armchair style, and I do my level best to ignore those discussions wherever possible, or to chime in only for the purpose of reminding them that in America at least, we're supposed to be deemed innocent until proven guilty, and that we aren't privy to proof. Moreover, I subscribe to Blackstone's adage that it's "better to let 10 guilty persons go free than one innocent person suffer."

If more of us were willing to extend such grace to those accused of crimes, perhaps fewer people would have their lives ruined by the wake of a wrongful allegation.