Authorities acknowledge that their case against Scott Peterson is largely circumstantial. But legal experts say that doesn’t mean it isn’t conclusive. Forget everything you saw on “Perry Mason” — most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments in the appeal of Nicholas Firkus’ conviction for murdering his wife in St. Paul and ...

(CBS News) NFL star Aaron Hernandez's lawyer says the case being built against him is circumstantial. But could circumstantial evidence be enough to try and convict him? Hernandez is accused of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — When Brooks Houck goes to trial next week, the prosecution will be working to prove to a jury that he killed Crystal Rogers. But without a body, that can be an uphill battle in the ...

I've read of a proud king who lead an army into battle, riding on his favorite horse. The horse was drowned in a river, so instead of going into battle, the king had his army "kill" the river by ...

DURING a trial like Hauptmann’s, people talk endlessly about circumstantial evidence. About no other subject do they talk so much and know so little. If a dozen people are together, say, at a dinner ...

Attorneys on both sides of the FBI's anthrax case against microbiologist Bruce Ivins acknowledge much of the evidence is circumstantial. Paul Kemp, Ivins' attorney, has said that would not have been ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — It was circumstantial evidence that led jurors to decide that Scott Peterson murdered his wife. They agreed it was premeditated, first-degree murder even though prosecutors did ...

It’s been frequently noted that the case against Aaron Hernandez for the murder of Odin Lloyd is based on circumstantial evidence rather than direct evidence. No murder weapon has been found and no ...

With no eyewitnesses or surveillance video providing a clear picture of the shooting of Kate Steinle on San Francisco Pier 14, the trial of the stranger accused of murdering her could hinge on how ...

A: Circumstantial evidence does not directly prove an element of the alleged misconduct, but provides information from which the trier of fact may draw reasonable inferences to reach a conclusion, or ...