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Allegations don’t equal guilt or innocence for Butch Jones

Related Topics: Butch Jones, Innocence

In today’s world, news is presented 140 characters at a time. Commentators rush to share the hottest of takes and worry about details later. Consumers of this information too often form their opinions based on headlines or excerpts written to titillate as opposed to reading an entire story – let alone an entire legal document that can run past 100 pages.

The most recent example of this modern-day phenomenon came Wednesday and Thursday, when news broke that former Tennessee wide receiver Drae Bowles had said in a sworn affidavit that Butch Jones told him he “betrayed the team” for helping the alleged victim in the A.