From: rra@stanford.edu 
  
 edward ohare  writes: 
  
 > However, the decision to eliminate the FMJ votes appears to me to be 
 > based on a lesser standard than "beyond reasonable doubt".  It is a move 
 > to a decision making process based on a lesser requirement of the 
 > preponderance of the evidence that I believe will eventually result in 
 > decisions against the Strombolis. 
  
 Hm.  Well, I don't think we've ever required "beyond reasonable doubt," 
 and I'm fairly sure that the FMJ votes would have been rejected at any 
 point in the last ten years.  In other words, I don't really see a change 
 here. 
  
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 Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)              
  
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