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I noticed it a few years ago with the indictment of Jack Abramoff, the "disgraced" lobbyist.
http://i.abcnews.com/Blotter/Story?id=5031587&page=1
I wondered which Public Relations company engineered this terminology to downgrade someone from "criminal" to "disgraced." What are the criteria for this label change? Does it require a certain amount of wealth? Does it have to do with one's ethnicity or sexual orientation? Is it a whitewash to make it easier to get a presidential pardon later?
Ever since Bernie Madoff made off with everyone's money, he has been "disgraced." Even after pleading guilty today, he is still merely "disgraced."
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/bbdp/madoff-pleads-guilty-to-11-charges/377510
Would someone please tell me the legal meaning of "disgraced"??? Why not "accused," "indicted," "alleged criminal," or "convicted"?
And why do I never see this term applied to ordinary criminals? I smell discrimination.
It's a disgrace, I tell you.