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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by ouid on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:18AM (#13922928)
the standard is "beyond reasonable doubt".

A doubt which you cannot reason away is reasonable, by definition. Therefore it is below the threshold of legal proof.

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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by harryh on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:21AM (#13922961)
That's not what the legal term "beyond reasonable doubt" means. Beyond reasonable doubt means that a reasonable person would have no doubt that the party in question was guilty.
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