Is reasonable doubt reasonable?

Legal Theory 9 (4):295-331 (2003)
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It is difficult, if not impossible, to so define the term as to satisfy a subtle and metaphysical mind, bent on the detection of some point, however attenuated, upon which to hang a criticism. —Supreme Court of Virginia 1

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