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everyone the crime touches, ranked by how guilty they look, not by who did it.
means people believed, on some evidence or motive, to have possibly committed a crime, before guilt is proven.
from from latin suspicere, to look up at or mistrust, via suspectus meaning regarded with suspicion; the word has always meant looked at sideways.
legal statussuspect is not accused; charges upgrade the label
presumptioninnocent until proven, even while called this
usual suspectsphrase from casablanca, 1942, before the movie
for instance
the usual suspects — 1995 film built entirely on a fake suspect list
lizzie borden — 1892 fall river murders, acquitted but never cleared
jack the ripper — 1888 london, suspect list still argued over today