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Yes, absolutely. But the thing is that a lot of things are proven during trials that are immoral but not illegal. He could still have done a ton of indefensible stuff that makes him a bad person but still get a not guilty verdict. My point is that "Not being a criminal" is the lowest tier we should judge a person. If we are going to give a person a large amount of money and influence we are allowed to ask for more.
Yep, I get the sentiment, but it's up to us to make amoral things illegal by means of democratic representation (assuming you live in a democratic country). It's just slower, but that's kind of the whole point of this :)