The current fad of convicting people just because they are accused is wrong. It is not new to America, but it is wrong. Our Puritan forefathers set up the first witch trials. There were, of course no witches whatsoever, but that did not save those accused.
Later, in the former slave states, any white woman who accused a black man or even a boy of misconduct could be sure of mob violence exacting revenge without trial or evidence.
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