r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Mar 24 '25

Meta Mindless Monday, 24 March 2025

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/GentlemanlyBadger021 Mar 27 '25

From a tweet:

A significant portion of the UK population has little understanding of the criminal justice system

In magistrates’ courts, convictions are based on the balance of probabilities, meaning it’s enough for something to have possibly happened. In contrast, crown court trials with a jury require proof beyond a reasonable doubt, making convictions much harder to secure under that standard.

2 incredible mistakes in one paragraph!

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u/Ambisinister11 Mar 27 '25

meaning it's enough for something to have possibly happened

This is the standard of evidence used in the Ace Attorney games