# The Trump Impeachment Inquiry

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 24, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-impeachment-inquiry/840771 "2019-09-24T20:23:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-impeachment-inquiry/840771/3464 "2019-10-29T23:05:42Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> What you describe is, I think, closer to the concept of “beyond the shadow of a doubt,” which is a different concept.
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> As per [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_doubt):

I haven’t heard of “beyond a shadow of a doubt”, but if it means jurors should entertain impossibilities, I don’t think it is an appropriate standard.

My idea of beyond a reasonable doubt is that it must satisfy the juror such that, if their life depended on the correctness of their finding, there would be no hesitation.

~Max

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