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CozyMystery

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6. Neither one.

Reply to Polybius (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:08 PM

7 hrs ago

By pleading not guilty, a criminal defendant is merely saying okay government, time to prove your case against me beyond a reasonable doubt. The defendant is not going to concede that he is factually guilty.

This has zero to do with the defendant saying he didn't do the crime.

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But has he or his lawyer said anything about his innocence? Polybius 5 hrs ago #7