User blog comment:FTWinchester/On EmpyreanSmoke's Case/@comment-3045936-20141207010313

Innocent to proven guilty, would be better. However, that only real applies in civil/criminal courts. Not the court of public opinion. It's unfair but most people only want to understand what they want.

After his ban I recommend he must wait one year before admin rights can be considered for him again. And two years for bureaucrat rights. That would a fair wait time. Most other synops and admins on other wikia I have been on never return rights in instances like this.