No, "not guilty" is not the same as "innocent", for the same reasons as posted above. "Not guilty" means we can't prove you're guilty of something, "innocent" m

No, "not guilty" is not the same as "innocent", for the same reasons as posted above. "Not guilty" means we can't prove you're guilty of something, "innocent" means we CAN prove you didn't do it. "Not guilty" is not a claim to absolute knowledge, where as "innocent" is. And that's an important distinction.