You are quite right. In a court of law, "responsible" means "to blame". No question.

And since courts are by their nature adversarial and gladiatorial one should not walk in to such a hearing asserting one is personally responsible for what happened. Not because it is not true up to a point but because one is there to win a contest, not speak the truth.

However, it would be foolish to let these facts about courtroom dramas adulterate one's integrity or personal sense of truth after the trial is over.

As I have said several times these are wholly different spheres of action.

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