I'm not sure, but I think I may have just taken a huge step toward solving one of the toughest problems in criminal law: The meaning of reasonable doubt. It is famously difficult to define this standard for members of the jury, which is a problem, because they're supposed to use it to decide if someone is guilty. Scott Greenfield brought this up again a couple of months ago in … [Read more...] about Towards a Definition of Reasonable Doubt: A Modest Proposal