“Guilty beyond reasonable doubt.” That cornerstone tenet of U.S. criminal justice has safeguarded many an innocent man—but rarely an innocent boy. In most states, whether a child is adjudged ...

Justice Berdon implored his colleagues not to place a confession on the same level as any other evidential ruling during the ...

In courts, a person isn't convicted without solid evidence proving their ... the defendant's guilt must be proven "beyond a reasonable doubt." So, when you offer someone the benefit of the doubt ...

However, I’m convinced after you start listening to Beyond Reasonable Doubt?, you too will be discussing whether this story is about one woman’s death or two, whether you trust blood spatter ...

circumstantial evidence and reasonable doubt. Judge Shaw defined murder as killing with "malice aforethought," whether expressed or implied, and manslaughter as killing without malice, as "through ...

Collection of crime-scene materials had been done without what would now be considered ... cannot satisfy me either beyond a reasonable doubt or to any other acceptable standard.” ...