Questions tagged [reasonable-doubt]
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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 deed while trying to sleep. The old man's…
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Is reasonable doubt that of >=9.1% probability?
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 my maths and/or semantics computations are way…
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What bounds can we put on reasonable doubt?
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, that of accepting or rejecting scientific…
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