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i would like to address two very crucial
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points of law
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and they were touched on by the state
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the presumption of innocence
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and what proof beyond a reasonable doubt
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means
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the presumption of innocence the
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defendant is presumed
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innocent that's the starting point he's
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presumed
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innocent of these charges and this
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presumption
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remains with him throughout the course
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of the trial
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the presentation of the evidence
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throughout the course of your
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deliberations
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until and unless the state has proved
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its case
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beyond a reasonable doubt the defendant
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does
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not have to prove his innocence
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we talked about this in jury selection
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we talked about
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the starting point the defendant doesn't
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have to try to catch up
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he starts at the presumption of
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innocence
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proof beyond a reasonable doubt
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here's the definition that the judge
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just read you proof beyond a reasonable
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doubt
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is such proof as ordinary prudent men
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and women would act upon
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in their most important affairs a
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reasonable doubt
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is a doubt that is based upon reason and
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common sense
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it does not mean a fanciful or
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capricious doubt
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nor does it mean beyond all possibility
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of doubt
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the law recognizes three standards of
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proof
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the preponderance of the evidence is the
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first
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and lowest standard clear and convincing
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evidence
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is the next standard and the third
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standard
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is proof beyond a reasonable doubt and
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the way
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we lawyers sometimes illustrate
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what these three standards mean is
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through
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the scales of justice right the scales
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of justice
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equally balanced
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when you apply the standard of the
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preponderance of the evidence
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it's also called the scintilla of the
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evidence
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a single grain of sand tips the scales
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in the favor of one party or the other
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and this burden of proof is used
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in many civil cases somebody if the
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state wants to take away your driver's
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license for an example
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that is the burden of proof that the
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state has
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in that type of a case they have to just
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ever
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so slightly convince the finder of fact
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that their evidence supports their
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action
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the next standard is clear and
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convincing evidence and that's pretty
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self-explanatory right it is clear
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evidence and it convinces you
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the finder of fact that the action is
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correct
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this is the standard of proof that is
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used if the state wants to take away
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your children clear and
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convincing evidence
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it tips the scales more in one the favor
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of one party over the other
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the highest standard in this country
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is proof beyond a reasonable doubt
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proof beyond a reasonable doubt
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essentially what the state has to
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convince you
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is that there the evidence in this case
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completely eliminates any
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reasonable doubt or in other words
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leaving only unreasonable doubt
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capricious fanciful
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capricious doubt capricious means
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unpredictable
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fanciful space aliens flew in
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inhabited the body of derek chauvin
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and cause this death that's fancy
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beyond the reasonable doubt
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it is the highest standard in the law
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doesn't mean beyond all possibility of
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doubt because i suppose
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space aliens may have been inhabiting
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his body
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but that's obviously fanciful and
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capricious
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so this these two standards the
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presumption of innocence
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and proof beyond a reasonable doubt work
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in concert with each other
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you start with the proposition
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that mr chauvin is innocent of these
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charges
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the state has to advance substantial
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evidence to convince you that the
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only doubts that are remaining
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are unreasonable doubts hey nbc news
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