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Article: Circumstantial Evidence
West's Encyclopedia of American Law;      700+ words ...CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE Information and testimony ... the party seeks to prove. circumstantial evidence is also known as indirect ... or presumption required. Circumstantial evidence relates to a series of facts ...

Transcript: Analysis: What circumstantial evidence is and ...
NPR Talk of the Nation;  May 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 05-27-2003 Analysis: What circumstantial evidence is and how it's used in trials ... special sneer for the words `circumstantial evidence.' The expression suggests that ... bombing--were largely decided on circumstantial evidence. In fact, circumstantial evidence ...

Article: The cognitive psychology of circumstantial ...
Michigan Law Review;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... that jurors routinely undervalue circumstantial evidence (DNA, fingerprints, and the ... jurors simply do not understand circumstantial evidence and thus routinely underestimate ... attempts to explain why jurors find circumstantial evidence so psychologically troubling ...

Article: Circumstantial evidence is key in Simpson case
The Boston Globe;  July 5, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... Simpson is the killer. Known as circumstantial evidence, it appears to be their only ... resumes here today. "No question circumstantial evidence is a more difficult row to hoe ... suspected killers are convicted on circumstantial evidence alone. Still, they added, well ...

Article: PROFNET LAW/CRIME LEADS: Circumstantial Evidence in ...
PR Newswire;  June 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ...-- ROUND-UP: Circumstantial Evidence in Discrimination Cases ... experts) ROUND-UP: CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN DISCRIMINATION CASES ... had already held that circumstantial evidence was admissible in this ...

Transcript: Anthrax Case Hinges on Circumstantial Evidence
NPR Morning Edition;  August 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 2008 Anthrax Case Hinges on Circumstantial Evidence Host: RENEE MONTAGNE Time 11 ... has this report on the role circumstantial evidence plays in the legal system. ARI ... Washington Law Professor Mary Cheh, circumstantial evidence may be the best a prosecutor has ...

Article: Oddly, raft of circumstantial evidence not enough.
Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan);  April 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the court can convict someone on circumstantial evidence. He pointed to the case of Masumi ... deaths of four people on strong circumstantial evidence indicating that she poisoned the ... prosecutors presented strong circumstantial evidence that could have resulted in Obara ...