suspect
According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, a suspect is "a person apprehended for but not yet charged with an offense". In Singapore law, a person is innocent until proven guilty, whereas in China, a person is guilty until proven innocent..
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Then why is everyone condemning the suspect, cursing and swearing and scolding.... He is just a suspect, not YET guilty, technically speaking.
Oh yah, when he is behind bars or hanged, no more chance to scold liao... sounds like paying the upfront. And what if he is found not guilty? Can refund all the scoldings and cursings?
Don't like any bit of it, and the media didn't make it any better.
-_-"
Then why is everyone condemning the suspect, cursing and swearing and scolding.... He is just a suspect, not YET guilty, technically speaking.
Oh yah, when he is behind bars or hanged, no more chance to scold liao... sounds like paying the upfront. And what if he is found not guilty? Can refund all the scoldings and cursings?
Don't like any bit of it, and the media didn't make it any better.
crap posted by chillycraps at
8:46 AM
4 Comments:
why you suddenly talk about this thing?
media sensationalize, remember.. especially interactive media, they need the viewership.
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tstar, at 3/05/2006 09:21:00 AM
cos of the recent case of the 3 yr old missing girl... now they are suspecting his stepfather for murdering her.
Media always like to stir up emotions... on one hand they call him suspect, on the other hand say can't believe he did such thing, blah blah blah, so which is which??
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chillycraps, at 3/05/2006 09:27:00 AM
denotation and connotation.
u have the literal meaning of "suspect", but the agreed on meaning accepted by society is that suspect means the person is probably 80% guilty, resulting in the tone that we take on towards him.. make sense?
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tstar, at 3/05/2006 09:30:00 AM
even if the suspect is found NOT guilty after the trial, the society is not going to apologise to him for cursing him lor...
Reminds me of the NKF case, some time ago someone was sued for defaming Turi, poor him for speaking up the truth and still lost the case, and got insulted by people... now I don't think those who have insulted him would apologise to him. (the "him" I referring to is not Turi, is the guy who uncovered the truth and got sued. Trouble of words)
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chillycraps, at 3/05/2006 09:51:00 AM
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