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United States Brief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Cato Institute, Due Process Institute, FAMM, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioners. Brief Tucker v. Idaho Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants Brief Briscoe v. United States Brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioner This is a sponsored adMyCaseManage Your Law Firm All in One Place Featured Products Overcoming the Presumption of Guilt and Defining Reasonable Doubt Reasonable Doubt, what is it? In order to win criminal cases, the defense practitioner must object to a reasonable doubt standard that lowers the burden of guilt. This program will discuss proven methods to argue and define reasonable doubt persuasively to a jury. 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