Word: proofed
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...Need proof? Talk to Xavier. On Saturday, the Musketeers were about to pull off the biggest upset of this year's tournament, against top-seeded Ohio State in the South region. But with his team up 62-59 and 9.3 seconds left, Xavier's Justin Cage missed a free throw. The Buckeyes rebounded, and as soon as Ohio State's Mike Conley Jr. crossed mid-court, Xavier coach Sean Miller should have ordered a player to gently hack his hand. But no one did, and Conley handed the ball off to Ron Lewis, who sank...
...ancient Chinese almanac. She even wrote parts of the book first in Japanese. On its surface, her gardener's journal is a casual, wandering set of two- or three-page mini-essays on mushrooms, ruby-throated hummingbirds and incense-sniffing ceremonies in Berkeley. Deep down, it is proof that attention and precision-savoring the small print of each moment-are no more peculiar to East than to West...
Well, maybe. The strength of the government's case against him and his co-defendants aside, "beyond a reasonable doubt," the level of proof required to convict a criminal suspect, may not be as high a barrier between Black and jail as he thinks...
...reasonable doubt" to mean, in effect, probably guilty. In one study, prospective jurors said they would be willing to convict on a 60% chance that the suspect had committed the crime. The problem: it's that word, doubt. In a criminal case, prosecutors have the sole burden of proof. Yet the way most courts define "beyond a reasonable doubt" seems to place the burden on the defendant to show a weakness in the prosecution's arguments. That's assuming the jury can even figure out what the judge is saying...
...knows how often defendants who don't offer a plausible version of events and who merely look guilty get convicted, but DNA tests have revealed more than a few false convictions. There are, however, ways to encourage jurors to convict only when proof is strong. Probably the best option would be to shift the inquiry from whether the prosecution's case evokes doubt to whether it is persuasive. Solan suggests that jurors be "firmly convinced" of guilt, a phrase that focuses on the government's task (to persuade) rather than a defendant's (to create doubt). Several states and federal...