Justice In-Between: A Study of Intermediate Criminal Verdicts
Federico Picinali, "Justice In-Between: A Study of Intermediate Criminal Verdicts "
English | ISBN: 0198864590 | 2022 | 304 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 4 MB
English | ISBN: 0198864590 | 2022 | 304 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 4 MB
Most contemporary criminal justice systems adopt a 'binary' system of verdicts. In a binary system, there is a single evidential threshold, or standard of proof. If the standard is met, the verdict is 'guilty', the defendant is convicted, and punishment is permitted. If the standard is not met, the verdict is 'not guilty', the defendant is acquitted, and punishment is forbidden. There is no middle ground between the verdict of 'not guilty' and that of 'guilty'. An intermediate verdict represents such middle ground, intermediate between acquittal and conviction both in terms of the strength of the incriminating evidence that is needed to warrant the verdict and in terms of the severity of the consequences that the verdict may produce for the defendant.
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