If you ever find yourself in either situation, I hope someone helps you.

Because no one helped me.

guilty within reason doubt ?
 

Yesterday I learned a man was just found guilty of a sexual offense against a young boy.
Sentencing will be in a couple of weeks, and he faces several years in prison.

He is well known and had a good reputation for his civic services
The particular event took place more than 10 years ago
His arrest and trial were widely publicized throughout the area
No other complaints have came forward from other children or adults

My surprise was the the jury verdict was 11 to 1.

Is not that one jury-person's "NO" vote a de facto statement that
the prosecution did not prove guilt conclusively, and there is still
reasonable doubt ?

Thinking beyond this man's case...
I did not know that when a person's liberty is at risk,
a guilty verdict could be brought even if the jury is not unanimous.
Is it a simple majority (7-5), a super-majority (8-4), or some other magic number ?

Nope, that's not reasonable doubt in my mind. Unanimous is unrealistic. I doubt it's that hard to nobble one jury member, and I'm sure as hell certain that one wacko with a weird agenda could fake it through jury selection.

I seem to think that -in the uk- the judge can instruct the jury as to what majority they require for each case...... I have no idea if that's the case here.

Criminal trials in the US require a unanimous verdict.

That's my problem with this verdict... It's from a Court here in Oregon !