&gt;Nearly all developed Western countries have judicial systems that presuppose innocence until proven otherwise in a competent criminal court following established procedures. It seems like your cultural background is very different from that, which is why we&#x27;re not communicating well.<p>This is a legal presumption of innocence. It doesn&#x27;t mean the actions are legal.<p>When I say &quot;illegal&quot;, I mean &quot;breaks a law&quot;. This has nothing to do with cultures as far as I know; I&#x27;m an American citizen.<p>Whether you can <i>tell</i> if someone broke the law is a different question.<p>Let me ask you directly: if someone were to rob a bank and never get caught, did they do something illegal? If not, how would you express the claim that they did something against the law?