推翻DOJ对CZ刑期增加的请求,并最终作出4个月监禁的这位District Judge,叫Richard Anthony Jones,1950年生,目前担任美国华盛顿西区联邦地区法院的Senior Judge.
Richard Jones 获得西雅图大学公共事务学士学位(Bachelor of Public Affairs from Seattle University)和华盛顿大学法学院法学博士学位(J.D. from the University of Washington Law School),曾获Outstanding Judge Awards from the Washington State Bar Association
Richard Jones法官驳斥了DOJ的量刑请求,认为CZ与非法活动的联系证据不足(insufficient evidence linking Zhao to illicit activities),指出没有迹象表明CZ被告知任何非法行为(no indication that Zhao had been informed of any illegal conduct),对DOJ关于CZ知晓此类活动的说法提出质疑。
common law中criminal cases 的legal burden of proof是beyond reasonable doubt,历史上很多要案最终Acquitted也基于这个考量。