Standards of proof compared to criminal litigation

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Civil litigation involves different standards of proof compared to criminal litigation. Choose the correct answer.

a. A judge or jury may find that a person is more likely than not to have committed a civil wrong and therefore be liable for the civil wrong.

b. A judge or jury must be satisfied on a balance of probabilities that a person is guilty of a civil wrong.

c. The evidence in the criminal trial can never be used in the civil trial.

d. A judge or jury must be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that a person committed a criminal offence and that therefore the person is found liable for the criminal offence.

e. The standard of proof in the civil trial is proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Therefore, a person convicted in the criminal trial will always be found liable in the civil trial.

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