Good description of the case where "alleged suspect" works. Thanks.
Regarding calling a convicted person "suspect" or "alleged": that bit did have the ceveat "If you take the epistemological approach and [wish to] emphasize that only the accused [...] knows for sure ..." (Emphasis added, as well as two words that I only just noticed were missing and will shortly edit into the main entry.]
Anyhow, are they mangling the language on television in Cleveland as they are here in Baltimore?
However, I know that I've heard that term before (I was probably walking past a television shop or something), and it burned my bacon, too. I think it's an annoying mixture of overly-PC-ness and ignorance of what words actually MEANS.
(no subject)
Regarding calling a convicted person "suspect" or "alleged": that bit did have the ceveat "If you take the epistemological approach and [wish to] emphasize that only the accused [...] knows for sure ..." (Emphasis added, as well as two words that I only just noticed were missing and will shortly edit into the main entry.]
Anyhow, are they mangling the language on television in Cleveland as they are here in Baltimore?
(no subject)
However, I know that I've heard that term before (I was probably walking past a television shop or something), and it burned my bacon, too. I think it's an annoying mixture of overly-PC-ness and ignorance of what words actually MEANS.