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Originally Posted by butterfly
I would politely ask to be excluded from it.
Juries decide whether or not a defendant is guilty based on guilt proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
If “she” says that and the defendant is physically incapable of speaking, moving, or standing, would that not be grounds for reasonable doubt in your mind?
Yes, we are talking about Milan Lucic, who the example clearly doesn’t apply to, but this threshold is uniquely different for each juror.
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But you said that a denial from the accused makes no difference.
It does.
As I said, if a credible accuser says he did it, and that’s the evidence, a denial that could be true, is likely reasonable doubt. But no denial, the judge is left with the uncontested evidence of the accuser. That’s not reasonable doubt.