Billy Bud's Innocence Or Guilty?

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What would you do if you were innocent but your friends thought you were guilty? When billy bud was accused with mutiny it was asked whether there should've been a trial or not. A proper trial should have been appointed for three reasons. Morally right to have one, possibility that a life would've been saved, billy bud’s innocence would have been proven. There is also the belief that there should not have been a proper trial because all of the facts were pointing against billy bud being innocent. It is agreed that billy killed claggart.

Firstly there should have been a proper trial because it is morally right to have a trial. The well known phrase innocent until proven guilty defines this situation perfectly. If the crew members would

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