In order to prove the officers broke the law, prosecutors said in the report that they "must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Reyes and Lopez disclosed the image to TMZ and obtained money in exchange for this disclosure".

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It rarely reaches the level of evidence required in a court of law to prove matters beyond a reasonable doubt.

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On the other, if a prosecutor thinks a person has caused another great physical injury or death, but doesn't think the government can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, should they be able to cobble together other charges to get to that life sentence?

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Corey needs to be able to prove her case beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Genentech, in contrast, has insisted on large, controlled clinical studies that prove its drugs work beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Defense lawyer Luciano Ghirga reminded the jury repeatedly Monday morning that the prosecution needed to prove its case "beyond a reasonable doubt" -- a standard he made a point of saying was rooted in Italian law and was not imported from America, in a nod to the nationalistic tensions that have sometimes seemed to underpin this case.

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He also said the prosecution had failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Taylor was part of a joint criminal enterprise.

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But after listening carefully to both sides and, most importantly, reviewing the words of the witnesses themselves, they did not prove their theory of perjury and obstruction of justice beyond a reasonable doubt to me.

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