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Yes, that is why the presumption of innocence, while always dominant, can reasonably be tempered here in the court of public opinion as well as in the actions of Peterson's employer and the League, as long as it is upheld in the legal process itself.Just to clarify, corporal punishment is legal in Texas.
So for them to bring charges against AP indicates that they feel this goes way beyond corporal punishment. I would be flabbergasted if he escaped punishment of any kind.
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Grand Juries in the Northeast, in the immortal words of someone whose name I forget at the moment "will indict a ham sandwich." In Texas, not so much, especially when the behavior falls along a spectrum that, under State law, could be considered "legal."
So, putting aside all the pictures that are surfacing on the internet, the evidence presented to the Jury must have been quite compelling to rise to a charge of abuse in a legal context that permits "corporal punishment."