HE'S OBVIOUSLY LYING, BUT HOW FAR DOES THE PROSECUTION HAVE TO GO TO PROVE IT?:

Libby Jury Doubts Its Doubt (Bonnie Goldstein, March 5, 2007, Slate)

On March 2, the 11 remaining jurors in the perjury trial of White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby had a question. They sent Judge Reggie Walton a note (see below) asking him to clarify the meaning of "reasonable doubt." At least one juror wondered whether the prosecution must present evidence proving "it is not humanly possible for someone not to recall an event" before the jurors could find Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt."