[Conscience of a Conservative]

“Those things indicate to me about 80% likelihood of guilt

I’m sorry, if you are looking to put someone to death, you need more than 80%. That would imply that 20% of those executed were innocent...

That’s not acceptable.

Agreed. If I think there is a 1-in-5 chance that the defendant did not commit the crime, I'd have a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty.

[babygene]

“Agreed. If I think there is a 1-in-5 chance that the defendant did not commit the crime”

Seems to me that the standard must be better than 1 in 12, since there are 12 jurors and one holdout will prevent an acquittal or a conviction.