circumstantial evidence

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It may be too much of a stretch to tie all these pieces of circumstantial evidence together to make a solid case for Rinderknecht’s prosecution, said Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

"It was the DNA evidence, as our prosecution barrister highlighted, that glued all of that circumstantial evidence together to build such a strong case that led to his guilty plea," Gray said.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Like a criminal trial with no eyewitnesses, the prosecution of the “Queens of Combat” question relies on a cistern’s worth of circumstantial evidence, which may or may not add up to a case.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

As in other cases for which Letby was convicted, the prosecution said circumstantial evidence also tied her to the crime.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

Juries were thus free to reach decisions on the basis of circumstantial evidence if they chose to.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton