Beyond Reasonable Doubt

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How it feels

A criminologist reexamines four old Australian criminal cases to see if the evidence truly proved guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Each episode focuses on a different case and the original evidence is questioned.

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What happens

Beyond Reasonable Doubt is an Australian documentary series broadcast by the ABC in 1977. Presented by criminologist professor Gordon Hawkins, it had 4 episodes revisiting four different criminal cases. The cases involving Ronald Ryan, Alexander McLeod-Lindsay Leith Ratten, and Frits Van Beelen had their evidence re-examined and it was questioned whether the cases were proven beyond reasonable doubt. It was created by Geoff Daniels and produced by ABC's feature group. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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