父母卷入刑事犯罪,尤其是杀人嫌疑,对子女无疑是一个沉重的精神负担。薄瓜瓜发表的公开信试图说明其上学的经济来源正当,然而,遗憾的是,细看其声明,其说法基本无效。
薄瓜瓜写道:【My tuition and living expenses at Harrow School, University of Oxford and Harvard University were funded exclusively by two sources—scholarships earned independently, and my mother’s generosity from the savings she earned from her years as a successful lawyer and writer.】
薄瓜瓜说,他在哈罗学校,牛津大学以及哈佛大学的学费与生活费只有两个来源:(1)独立获取的奖学金;(2)其母亲作为一个成功律师与作者获得的收入存款。
光看第(2),薄瓜瓜没有资格证明其母亲收入来源的途径。他收到的经费上不会印着法院证明为“律师所得”或者“写书所得”字样。他顶多只能说,他被告知这些钱来自其母亲的律师与作者收入。但这样的证词只能证明他听到过这样的说法,而无法证明该说法的真实性。用洋文说,他能证明相关的verbal act,但不能prove the truth of the matter asserted.
从薄瓜瓜的角度,他能证明的只能是汇款人姓名以及金额。至于钱的来源,他无法证明。比如说,除了其母当律师与写书的收入所得,完全可能是投资等其他合法收入,但也可能是非法收入。
相关案件已经进入司法程序,各方应该耐心等待。这么大的案子,应该公开审理,使各方心服口服,而且不留下历史疑点。
《The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire》一书写道,前东罗马皇帝【 Licinius ... was accused of forming a conspiracy, and of holding a treasonable correspondence with the barbarians; but as he was never convicted, either by his own conduct or by any legal evidence, we may perhaps be allowed, from his weakness, to presume his innocence. 】
可见,如果没有适当程序,那么处于弱势并被处置的政客很可能被历史推定为无辜。
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