CRMJ 375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Death Of Caylee Anthony, Exculpatory Evidence, Admissible Evidence

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Discuss the investigation of the death of caylee anthony: identify the major evidence in the case and the probable reasons why casey. Anthony was found not guilty in the trial: Admissible evidence: caylee"s remains and the duct tape associated with the body, caylee"s hair recovered from casey anthony"s trunk, the testimony of the computer forensic expert, trace evidence of chloroform found in the trunk. Circumstantial evidence that caylee"s dead body was in the trunk: caylee"s hair found in the trunk, smell of decomposition originating from the trunk. Why was casey anthony found not guilty: there was no de nitive evidence that a homicide occurred, therefore, there was also no evidence that casey committed a homicide. All evidence provided by the prosecution was attributed alternative explanations by the defense, providing reasonable doubt. Differentiate between judicial evidence and extrajudicial evidence: criminal evidence is used by investigators to: Establish proof that a crime was committed.

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