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Yes gak,

"He wasn't proven innocent" is a rhetorical attack that can be made against virtually anyone who has been tried and not convicted in the US.

Indeed doubly off-topic as this is a civil matter.

But it still should be noted that, given prosecutors in the US have a high (up to 90%+) conviction rate, not being proven guilty is pretty good as far as exoneration goes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate



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