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11. Probably, it should be near impossible to get a conviction in such a situation

Sun Jan 20, 2013, 07:28 PM

Jan 2013

I'm not much on circumstantial evidence though.

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Oakland man guilty of murder - no body of victim [View all] alp227 Feb 2012 OP

Circumstantial evidence is often used. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #1

+1000 fe6252fes Jun 2012 #6

I'd have to have a heck of a lot more to convict Live and Learn Feb 2012 #2

What happened to habeas corpus? Viva_Daddy Mar 2012 #3

Innocent until proven . . . xrayvision2005 May 2012 #4

+1 padem196645 Jun 2012 #5

Easy answer Spryguy Aug 2012 #7

He's got one of the worst cases of vitiligo since Michael Jackson jberryhill Sep 2012 #8

I retract... Spryguy Oct 2012 #10

"Was the standard for conviction flimsy?" jberryhill Sep 2012 #9