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added section "Prosecution: Burden of Proof"
Detraction differs from the sin of [[calumny]] and the civil wrong of [[defamation]], both of which generally involve false accusations rather than unflattering truths.
Detraction differs from the sin of [[calumny]] and the civil wrong of [[defamation]], both of which generally involve false accusations rather than unflattering truths.
==Prosecution: Burden of Proof==
Where [[jurisprudence]] holds to the [[presumption of innocence]], the [[burden of proof]] falls on the [[prosecutor]] or the [[plaintiff]] to make their case against the accused [[defendant]] based on detraction. Unsubstantiated calumnies are disallowed. However, the potential for substantive detraction based on factual evidence can also be disallowed by the [[court]] on the basis that it is unduly [[Prejudice|prejudicial]]. This occasionally results in cases where a defendant who is most certainly guilty is discharged and not punished by the prevailing justice system due to a withholding of substantiating evidence of actual guilt on the basis of a legal technicality.
Some biblical [[Exegesis|exegetes]] emphasize that the meaning of the Hebrew term [[Satan]] is "''Accuser''" and by this fact attempt to represent this being as a legitimate prosecutor performing a divinely appointed office in the heavenly court who has done no wrong in fulfilling Its office of accusing sinful mankind. Other exegetes vigorously counter that this is a distortion of the meaning of ''[[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)#The literal sense of scripture|the literal sense of scripture]]'' illicitly removed from the revelation of the context of the Bible as a whole, which shows Satan as the "father of lies" and the rebellious enemy of righteousness, of truth, of God, and of all mankind. Compare [http://biblehub.com/revelation/12-10.htm Revelation 12:10].
==See also==
==See also==
[[Envy]]
[[Envy]]
[[Half-truth]]
[[Devil's advocate]]
[[Justice]]
[[Innocence]]
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