From: AL Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2017 1:53 PM To: Walter Block Subject: Burden of proof under libertarian law Dear Walter, I just had a new thought, which is about due process and burden of proof. Rothbard posited that courts in an anarcho-capitalist society should have a “beyond a reasonable doubt” threshold for punishing someone for crimes. But he also said that a policeman is allowed to torture suspects, provided that the person tortured is indeed a real criminal (and if it turns out he isn’t, the policeman will be guilty of a crime). But in order to prove in … Continue reading Torture, Burden of Proof; Does Rothbard Contradict Himself? No.