"The law says 'reasonable doubt,' but I think a defendant's entitled to the shadow of a doubt. There's always the possibility, no matter how improbable, that he's innocent." - The character Atticus Finch from "To Kill a Mockingbird." By the standard of reasonable doubt, Richard Albert Leavitt stands convicted of the brutal 1984 stabbing and multilation of Danette Elg, a crime for which he's scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday. But there's a difference between being reasonably sure of his guilt and absolutely certain of it. Leavitt was convicted on circumstantial evidence. Blood at the scene matched his type. But Leavitt maintained his innocence. He had been to Elg's Blackfoot home previously and claimed a bloody nose resulted in his own blood being found there/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Should the law say "reasonable doubt" or no doubt at all when it comes to capital punishment?