Per Wikipedia, the original framing is Blackstone's ratio from the enlightenment, where he used 10:1. Real courts don't put numbers on this, of course, but tha

Per Wikipedia, the original framing is Blackstone's ratio from the enlightenment, where he used 10:1. Real courts don't put numbers on this, of course, but that's the thinking that produced the philosophy. Basically: no, given the level of innaccuracy we already know to be present, I think it's very clear that a sincerely-believed 99% confidence will send someone to jail pretty much anywhere in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_doubt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_doubt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio