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Taking the Evolution of the Standards of Proof for a Criminal Conviction Seriously

Quaestio Facti
The article offers a diachronic and comparative analysis of different standards of proof for a criminal conviction. The first part focuses on the attempt of medieval and early modern Roman-canon systems to clarify this type of rule through a network of ...
Jacopo Della Torre
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How to Statistically Show the Absence of an Effect

Psychologica Belgica, 2011
In experimental studies, the lack of statistical significance is often interpreted as the absence of an effect. Unfortunately, such a conclusion is often a serious misinterpretation. Indeed, non-significant results are just as often the consequence of an
Etienne Quertemont
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Reasonable Moral Doubt [PDF]

, 2022
Sentencing outcomes turn on moral and evaluative determinations. For example, a finding of “irreparable corruption” is generally a precondition for juvenile life without parole.
Atiq, Emad
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Reasoning v. Rhetoric: The Strange Case of “Unconstitutional Beyond a Reasonable Doubt”

, 2022
An odd formulation has frequented American constitutional discourse for 125 years: a declaration that courts should not overturn a statute on constitutional grounds unless it is “unconstitutional beyond a reasonable doubt.” This concept has been thought ...
Spitzer, Hugh D.
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Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Shifting Sands of a Bedrock?

, 2003
It is a bedrock principle of our criminal jurisprudence, that the state has the burden of proving the guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt.
Minhas, Azhar J.
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Explaining Beyond a Reasonable Doubt to the Modern Juror

, 2020
: The purpose of this paper is to make the beyond a reasonable doubt standard in criminal trials more comprehensible for the modern juror while also increasing the modern juror’s motivation and ability to apply this standard consistent with trial ...

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A Bayesian analysis concludes beyond a reasonable doubt that SARS-CoV-2 is not a natural zoonosis but instead is laboratory derived

, 2021
A Bayesian analysis concludes beyond a reasonable doubt that SARS-CoV-2 is not a natural zoonosis but instead is laboratory ...
Quay MD PhD, Steven Carl, Quay, Steven Carl   +1 more
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EL ESTÁNDAR DE CONVICCIÓN DE LA DUDA RAZONABLE EN EL PROCESO PENAL CHILENO, EN PARTICULAR LA RELEVANCIA DEL VOTO DISIDENTE The standard of conviction of reasonable doubt in the Chilean criminal procedure, especially referred to the relevance of a minority vote

Ius et Praxis, 2011
El sistema procesal penal chileno introdujo un nuevo estándar de convicción para condenar: más allá de toda duda razonable. Éste surge de la tradición jurídica anglosajona, por lo que resulta poco conocido -y bajo cierta interpretación inaplicable-en el ...
Raúl Carnevali Rodríguez, Ignacio Castillo Val   +1 more
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Reasonable Doubt and Moral Elements

, 2015
The law is axiomatic. In order to convict a person of a crime, every element of the crime with which he is charged must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. This Article argues that this fundamental proposition of American criminal law is wrong.
Lee, Youngjae
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Reasonable Doubt and Moral Elements

, 2016
The law is axiomatic. In order to convict a person of a crime, every element of the crime with which he is charged must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. This Article argues that this fundamental proposition of American criminal law is wrong.
Lee, Youngjae
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