Circumstantial evidence

some of the critical issues of his case, and will discuss briefly his motive and how he became radicalized to the point of carrying out the nation’s worst domestic terrorist attack. By all accounts, the evidence against McVeigh was overwhelming, despite the claims that the FBI contaminated evidence at their lab and botched the investigation. The trial took 28 days, and 4 days of jury deliberation – guilty and death penalty (CNN, 1997). Though the…

rape. He pleaded not guilty throughout the trial, but he was found guilty by the court. There were many factors that sent him to prison, such as: his prior criminal record, the three factors that can influence an officer’s use of discretion, the evidence against him, and more. After 10 years in prison, he was exonerated by DNA testing. Not long after, Jennifer and he became friends. This essay, it will cover the many factors that got Ronald arrested, convicted, and sent to prison, what Jennifer…

is one of the key persons in law enforcement service, but besides that, an investigator is a person who usually works for local, state, or federal law enforcement agencies, they question suspected criminals, crime victims and witnesses, look for evidence, and prepare reports about criminal activity. In addition, they might conduct surveillance or testify in court. While holding those roles law enforcement requires for a criminal investigator to have the certain characteristic to effectively…

The Influence of Rape Culture “Why couldn’t you just keep your legs closed?” Why couldn’t you just “push your bottom into the sink to avoid penetration?” Those were the questions that were asked by Canadian Judge Robin Camp, who is now being scrutinized and possibly stripped of his title after he uttered those specific words to a victim of a rape case. Sexual assault cases have had the spotlight shining down on them for some time now, especially since feminist movements focusing on women’s…

In the article "Let My Teenager Drink" by T.R Reid, he explains from the perspective of a father of two teenage daughters who can safely and legally drink as teenagers and expressing that the United States is in the wrong for having the national drinking age be 21 and above. Furthermore, he brings to light how the problem is in the law itself; causing teenagers to disobey and drink illegally and where no one is aware. Not only do teens find more dangerous and unhealthy ways to acquire alcohol…

There was not many chances to obtain direct evidence; therefore, most of alleged adulteries are based on cercumstantial evidences. However, in Capone, the court rationalized that “Proof to support the charge of adultery ‘must be sufficiently strong to lead the guarded discretion of a reasonable and just mind to conclusion of adultery as…

men are created equal” (Lee 233). Here Atticus is trying to talk to the jury’s inside humanity. He is trying to convince people with what is right and how they should be looking at this case. They should look at the evidence provided, the real hard evidence not circumstantial evidence to base such a crime on. In Maycoumb the townspeople do not put themselves in the black people’s shoes. Tom Robinson says to Atticus, “ Mr. Finch if you was a nigger like me you’d be scared too” (Lee 222). This…

also vanished around the same time, so he was immediately tabbed as a suspect. By the time police found him at 1:00 AM the next morning, however, he had suspiciously already washed all his clothes from the previous night, destroying any potential evidence. Police were only able to recover some blood, hair, and fiber from his car.Though Melissa was a potential match for the hair, she was eventually ruled out as the source of the bloodstains. The fibers were similar to what she had been wearing…

No one is perfect and no one is pure good. Mayella is the embodiment of this idea: “Her father saw it, and the defendant has testified as to his remarks. What did her father do? We don’t know, but there is circumstantial evidence to indicate that Mayella Ewell was beat savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left hand”(204). Atticus, who is defending Tom Robinson, insinuates that Bob Ewell hit his daughter Mayella Ewell. Mayella made a grave mistake…

The New York Conspiracy Trials was a supposed plot by the poor white people and the enslaved African Americans to revolt, burn down New York City and kill the rich white citizens of New York. After a string of fires that burned down several buildings in New York slaves were identified as the only possible suspects, which are depicted in “Reading and Writing Terror: The New York Conspiracy Trials of 1741” written by Andy Doolen and in “The New York Conspiracy, Or A History of the Negro Plot”…