Although this standard is an ancient and honored aspect of our criminal justice system, it defies easy explication. “The government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt every element of a charged offense. For a concept that is so fundamental to our legal system, it is striking that there is no single definition of precisely what “reasonable doubt” means. The Washington Post is reporting tonight that the jury in Paul Manafort’s trial has asked the judge to define the term “reasonable doubt.”Īs the jurors’ question suggests, the reasonable doubt standard is not self-explanatory.
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