Bayesian Reasoning and the Prior in Court¶
Meester, R., & Stevens, L. (2024). Bayesian Reasoning and the Prior in Court: Not Legally Normative but Unavoidable. Law, Probability and Risk.
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Primes¶
- Cromwell's Rule
- Legal reasoning — the presumption of innocence is a deliberate nonzero prior on innocence, and appeals and habeas corpus exist because no finding should be infinitely irrevisable.
This sourceArgues a prior is necessary and cannot be dispensed with in legal fact-finding, and addresses the tension between a nonzero prior of guilt and the presumption of innocence — grounding the presumption-as-nonzero-prior and revisability framing.
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Supplies that a prior is unavoidable in legal fact-finding and that the presumption of innocence is discussed as a contested point; it says nothing of appeals, habeas corpus, or revisability.
“We next discuss two of the most delicate questions around the prior: (1) the possible conflict with the presumption of innocence, and (2) the idea that unwanted personal conviction (like racism) might enter the decision procedure via the prior.”
- Legal reasoning — the presumption of innocence is a deliberate nonzero prior on innocence, and appeals and habeas corpus exist because no finding should be infinitely irrevisable.
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