Robust Trust in Expert Testimony by Christian Dahlman, Lena Wahlberg, Farhan Sarwar

“…This requirement of robustness says that it must be unlikely that additional information would change the probability that the defendant is guilty. Robustness is difficult for a judge to estimate, as it requires the judge to assess the possible effect of information that the he or she does not have. …”
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Mental Health and Homicide in Medieval English Trials by Wendy J Turner

“…Those cases not dismissed because of an obvious mental health condition (as those of persons with childlike behaviour from birth might be) followed a pattern of having the defendant found guilty of the crime, and, because of a lack of intent, they were pardoned and not physically punished other than possibly spending time in incarceration.…”
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APRECIEREA PROBELOR IN PROCESUL PENAL. ASPECTE DE DREPT COMPARAT by Chirila Angelica

“…The leading rule in the Roman-German system is the rejection of legal evidence (which implies conviction ifthere is evidence) and acknowledgement of the evidence freedom system: the judge is free to judge the evidence,being allowed to pass the sentence when he is convinced that the defendant is guilty, after examining all theadministered evidence.The common law criminal doctrine presents this issue differently: the task of presenting the evidence isopposed to the task of proving the guilt with evidence. …”
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KEKUATAN PEMBUKTIAN SAKSI MAHKOTA PADA PERKARA PEMUFAKATAN JAHAT DALAM TINDAK PIDANA NARKOTIKA by Imra Leriwahyuli

“…The application of the Penalty in the Decision is a violation of Article 114 of the Narcotics Law. both defendants were guilty of violating Article 114 paragraph (1) of Law Jo, Article 132 paragraph (1) of Law no. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics. …”
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PARAMETER KEYAKINAN HAKIM DALAM MEMUTUS PERKARA PIDANA by Triantono Triantono, Muhammad Marizal

“…According to Article 183 of the Criminal Procedure Code, a judge may not impose a sentence on a person unless he has at least two valid evidence and he is convinced that a criminal act actually occurred and that the defendant was guilty of committing it. In this context there are at least two means of evidence and belief must be applied cumulatively based on the negative evidence theory (negative wettelijk bewijs theorie) adopted in Indonesia. …”
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Unpacking insanity defence standards: An experimental study of rationality and control tests in criminal law by Rebecca K. Helm, Stephen J. Ceci, Kayla A. Burd

“…The present study investigated the impact of different legal standards on mock juror decisions concerning whether a defendant was guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity. …”
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Dark side of the plea bargaining by Bajović Vanja M.

“…The agreement consists of the defendant pleading guilty in exchange for prosecutor's promise to charge him less serious than is supported by the evidence, not to charge him for some crimes or to request certain sentence. …”
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Pre-trial agreement and plea bargain: pragmatism without conflict with morality? by Rodin V.V., Yadzhin N.V.

“…It doesn’t allow to use the same form of plea bargain in the Russian realities: the essence of the pre-trial agreement institute doesn’t imply that the defendant pleads guilty, but contributes to solving a crime (disclosure of information about accomplices, compensation for damage). …”
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ASPECTS OF GUILTY PLEA AND PROCEDURE OF GUILT ADMITTANCE, NEW JUDICIAL INSITUTIONS FOR A CRIMINAL TRIAL OF HIGHER QUALITY by Rodica Aida POPA

“…Furthermore, by admitting the guilt and the legal classification of the offence by the defendant found guilty, in the two procedures also takes place a confirmation of the legality and compliance of the evidence submitted in the course of criminal proceedings.…”
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Practical Epistemology: Essays on What to Think and What to Do by Schilling, Haley

“…Legal proof is knowledge on the basis of trace evidence that the defendant is guilty. This epistemic norm generalizes to all of our responses and reactive attitudes — and is a challenge to orthodox knowledge norms. …”
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Does It Matter Whether You or Your Brain Did It? An Empirical Investigation of the Influence of the Double Subject Fallacy on Moral Responsibility Judgments by Uri Maoz, Uri Maoz, Uri Maoz, Uri Maoz, Uri Maoz, Kellienne R. Sita, Jeroen J. A. van Boxtel, Jeroen J. A. van Boxtel, Jeroen J. A. van Boxtel, Liad Mudrik, Liad Mudrik

“…In Experiment 1 (N = 609), an effect was further found for DSF language in the expected direction: subjects rated the defendant less guilty when the neuroscientific evidence was described using DSF language, across all levels of culpability. …”
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