Questions tagged [reasonable-doubt]
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What bounds can we put on reasonable doubt? [duplicate]
Criminal defendants are found guilty if the finder of fact determines that they are guilty beyond reasonable doubt based on the data provided. This is analogous to the concept I am more familiar with,...
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Reasonable doubt of eye witness's need for glasses in 12 Angry Men
In the 1957 movie 12 Angry Men two witnesses give testimony - an old man with a limp who claimed to see the accused flee the scene 15 seconds after the murder and a woman who claimed to witness the ...
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Is reasonable doubt that of >=9.1% probability? [duplicate]
The criminal burden of proof (ie beyondA reasonable doubt) is famously attributed to “Blackstone’s Ratio”:
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.
I’m not sure if ...
