Assertion: defendant | /r/HasProperty | guilty
Facets:
value: beyond a reasonable doubt
type: DEGREE
value: on all counts
type: MANNER
value: factually
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The trial is a structured process where the facts of a case are presented to a jury, and they decide if the defendant is guilty or not guilty of the charge offered.
text: If the defense does not put on any evidence, the jury cannot assume that the defendant is guilty simply because they did not put on a defense.
text: After being charged, the jury goes into deliberation, the process of deciding whether a defendant is guilty or not guilty.
text: After being charged, the jury goes into deliberation, the process of deciding whether a defendant is guilty or not guilty.
text: Just because the defendant is factually guilty doesn't mean that the prosecution has sufficient evidence to prove every element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.
text: The jury that decides if a defendant is guilty or not is the petit jury.
text: If he is guilty on all counts, he spends a long time in prison.
text: The standard of proof applied to the case (that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt).
text: Petit jurors decide whether defendants are guilty.
text: They decide what happens to a case, whether a case will have to go to another court or be put off until another day, whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty, and any penalty that will be given to the defendant.
text: They decide what happens to a case, whether a case will have to go to another court or be put off until another day, whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty, and any penalty that will be given to the defendant.
text: This heavy burden of proof requires that the jury (in some cases, the judge) have a moral certainty that the defendant is guilty.