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Re: Benefit of the Doubt

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lindaFeb 6, 2008
 

 
--- In just-a-minute@..., Robert Torres
<bobbyshaddoe3004@...> wrote:

>
> well, the phrase has been thrown out there so often on the show,

the meaning is just lost for me. It would make sense if the phrase
was used less frequently, but it seems nowadays that every decision
Nicholas makes has him giving someone 'the benefit of the doubt'
even though, more often than not, there is no doubt whatsoever that
a person had a correct challenge.


dean i might be contradicting you a bit here but i belive it first
was used as a legal term . to convict someone of a crime a jury had
to be sure beyond resonable doubt that a person was guilty . if they
was any doubt at all the defendant could not be found guilty and so
got the benfit of the doubt and usually got off what ever crime they
were chagred with . i could be wormg though !
cheers
Linda

 
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