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3 Post author: Kevin 05 May 2010 12:11AM

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Comment author: Jack 05 May 2010 02:35:40AM 1 point [-]

What does an idealized form of Bayesian Justice look like?

To begin with "beyond reasonable doubt" needs to be replaced with "beyond X% certainty" where 100-X is whatever percent of innocent convictions we're comfortable with.

Comment author: ata 05 May 2010 10:17:08AM 2 points [-]

I think the certainty required should probably vary based on the length of the sentence (or the value of the penalty in civil cases, etc.).