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That's where the phrase "beyond a reasonable doubt" comes in though, and I don't believe there was any way that was met here.
by donatj 4y ago
That's where the phrase "beyond a reasonable doubt" comes in though, and I don't believe there was any way that was met here.
- dragonwriter 4y agoThe phrase “beyond a reasonable doubt” describes the standard of proof for criminal conviction as a safeguard b/c of the special potential consequences (like execution, imprisonment, disenfranchisement, and lasting legal disabilities) associated with such conviction. It has no bearing on a civil defamation suit, where the general burden is merely “preponderance of the evidence” (i.e., given what evidence each side has presented, what the jury finds more likely to be true.)