![](/static/61a827a1/assets/icons/icon-96x96.png)
![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8f2046ae-5d2e-495f-b467-f7b14ccb4152.png)
If the case is at the sentencing phase, the conviction is clearly made by the court already. If the news agency is concerned about libelous statements, that goes out the window once the court’s decision is official. OP is right. This is just pussyfooting passive voice bullshit. This was murder. Call it what it is.
OG Iron Balls Tank Man did it better and not just for clicks 1989/6/5