Exactly. It means we don't think the person is innocent, but we don't have enough evidence to convict. The problem with providing juries with only two outcomes

Exactly. It means we don't think the person is innocent, but we don't have enough evidence to convict. The problem with providing juries with only two outcomes where the evidence is not open and shut, is that you are forcing the jury to make a choice they really can't on the evidence available. It is especially hard when the victim is believable and the accused shifty. Many times juries convict when they shouldn't. On the topic of "beyond a reasonable doubt" why is this not turned into an actual probability. Juries have no difficulty dealing with probabilities in civil cases, but apparently in criminal cases they can't be told what reasonable doubt means.