[John Jamieson]

I'm sure what you mean is, enough doubt that you can honestly say "the prosecution has not proven this case beyond a reasonable doubt." I think personally that we are well past that point, but the defense still has time to convience you. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. There can't twelve as tough as you on the jury!

[NatureGirl]

Do you remember the classic film "Twelve Angry Men"?

[John Jamieson]

I know judges never put number on it, but what error rate should the jury shoot for: 1 in ten, 1 in hundred, or 1 in thousand wrong convictions? If you are willing to accept 1 in ten then the jury could be told let him go "only if there is overwelling doubt". One in 100 might require "resonable doubt" and one in a thousand might "any doubt at all". I personally think our jury system probably does operate at about 1 in 100 innocent convictions. What do think?

[Freedom2specul8]

"enough doubt that you can honestly say "the prosecution has not proven this case beyond a reasonable doubt"

heh heh yes, you are correct...but see, we don't know how tainted the jury's mind is from publicity..it surely not as tainted as ours. Had we freepers not been spammed with so much swinging factoids coutesty of RR, and slams towards the parents, maybe DW would have had a fair trial here on fr! :)