what does “beyond a reasonable doubt” mean?
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There was a relatively famous case in the UK where the jury were dismissed after asking the judge all sorts of basic questions, including “what is reasonable doubt?”.
On the reasonable doubt question the judge wasn’t very sympathetic and said: “A reasonable doubt is a doubt which is reasonable, these are ordinary English words that the law doesn’t allow me to help you with beyond the written directions I have already given.”
(Google ‘Vicky Pryce jury’ if you are interested in reading more).
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