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Jul

16

When is doubt reasonable?

By Peter Bokulich

An interesting perspective from the legal standpoint: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-15/reasonable-doubt-is-central-to-zimmerman-verdict.html

Apparently the standard of reasonable doubt was first introduced to assuage jurors concerned with condemning innocent people.

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