Again, thanks for sharing your conviction here with the board. In the United States of America as it should be, one is not a criminal because they have merely been charged with a crime. Sadly, the main stream media effects a conviction by the court of popular opinion, but that is not how the constitution works.
They are not criminals until convicted in a court of law. {By a jury of their peers} Sure, the verdict in Oregon may be considered 'jury nullification', but the fact remains that it was an acquittal, and therefore not criminals in that incident.