Home Office response on Burden of Proof

[Nicholas Bohm]

At 01:23 PM 8/4/1999 +0100, Robin Galbraith wrote:

>In article <3.0.5.32.19990804123606.00b12100@mail.netkonect.co.uk>,
>Nicholas Bohm <nbohm@ernest.net> writes
>snip
>>"... the Crown must prove all the elements of an offence beyond reasonable
>>doubt."
>Has not "reasonable doubt" been replaced with "sure" now?
>Robin

I think you are right that juries are nowadays told they must be sure.
This isn't meant to change the standard required, it's just a bit of
dumbing down.

Regards,

Nicholas Bohm

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