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It's about Due Process. It doesn't matter if you are guilty, you still have the same rights as someone who is not guilty.


That's not how it works: you're [supposedly] not guilty until conviction and so, like all not guilty people, have the same rights. But, on conviction your rights are severely curtailed if the sentence is custodial.

So I guess you could say "It doesn't matter if you are later found guilty [...]" to be consistent with the presumption of innocence.


Yeah, I could have been more clear. Thanks!




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