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Re:Supreme Court says criminal convictions require unanimous... by drapred7 on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @01:30AM (#22932266)
At the risk of being a bit technical, (as law tends to be) I think reasonable doubt is called the "standard of evidence". Its the phrase "jury trial" that the court found to require unanimous verdicts.
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Re:Supreme Court says criminal convictions require unanimous... by pnw_hazor on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @02:42PM (#22937997)
Criminal jury trials have the unanimity requirement. Also, criminal convictions are held the "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard, though there may be collateral actions, or procedural determinations in a criminal trial that have a different standard of evidence.

Otherwise, US States have a lot of flexibility in how they handle non-criminal cases.

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