<p>While I can really understand people’s frustrations with a case like this one, the fact is that even in this day and age innocent people are still arrested.</p>
<p>I, for one, am very glad we are all innocent until proven guilty, and I would rather err on the side of the shadow of a doubt benchmark than convict based on public opinion. </p>
<p>Given the state of the media today, I cannot imagine what would happen to our freedoms. Or, and this does happen, if a particular law officer took a disliking to you or your family. </p>
<p>It’s like freedom of speech. There are some things people can do in our culture because of this protection which I abhor, but I’d still rather they were legally able to do them than risk the possibility we could be silenced by those with more “authority” than us. JMO</p>