he always asked the irrelevant question. It didn't matter in terms of the strategy of the case whether the defendant "did it" or not. What mattered was the evidence against him -- the proof -- and if and how it could be neutralized. My job was to bury the proof, to color the proof a shade of gray. Gray was the color of reasonable doubt." Michael Connelly,The Lincoln LawyerLinks to an external site.

The term "reasonable" is used in several ways throughout the law of evidence and your text. Most recently, it has come up in your text with terms like "reasonable doubt," "reasonable diligence in investigation," and "reasonable suspicion.

1. What does this standard mean for you?

2. How do you think the idea of what is reasonable is determined in the law?