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Originally Posted by donofriose
Because they probably did something wrong... The report even said "Probable" about 100000 times.
The investigation was a joke. The quotes from the report make it sound like a Seinfeld episode.
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Civil courts use the "preponderance of evidence" standard, which is "whether a particular fact is more probable than not probable".
Maryland courts define "more probable than not" as "whether a fact is more likely so, than not so" ... or (whether a fact is 51% or more likely to be true, than 49% or less not true".
... of course in civil cases, jurors thinks they have to decide a case beyond a reasonable doubt; and in criminal cases jurors tend to decide cases on their gut and the lesser preponderance of evidence standard.
no matter how many times or how many ways you tell a civil jury THIS IS NOT A CRIMINAL CASE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE CONVINCED BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT!!!!! .. THIS IS A CIVIL CASE, YOU ONLY HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER SOMETHING IS SLIGHTLY MORE TRUE THAN NOT TRUE!!!!!