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Evidence
Evidence Classification
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Direct | Evidence with a time-stamp: confession, video, eye-witness |
| Circumstantial | Evidence with NO time-stamp (anything that is not Direct) |
| Individual | Evidence that leads you to one specific person: ONLY FINGERPRINTS AND DNA |
| Class | Evidence that leads you to a GROUP of people (hair would give you a group of people with that hair color/texture) OR (shoeprint would give you a group of people that have that shoe/size) |
| Biological | Evidence that came from a living thing (skin cells, blood, hair, fingernails, pollen) |
| Physical | Evidence that is tangible (can touch it, pick it up) |
| Trace | Evidence that is TINY (fingerprint, piece of hair, thread from a sweater, skin cells, DNA) |