Possible/Probable
When there is no way for something to be true.
Impossible.
Circumstantial evidence can make a witness' story possible or probable.
The first rule of Circumstantial Evidence.
An eyewitness or someone who directly observed the event.
Primary source
Somone who saw, witnessed, heard, or reported evidence.
Source.
The name of the broken figurine. In lessons 20-21
Pinocchio
There is a chance it could be true.
Possible.
Circumstantial evidence can also show us when an eyewitness' story is improbable or impossible.
When someone heard it from someone else.
Secondary source.
To work together to prove something.
Corroborate.
The only surviving Cowboy from the O.K. Corral.
Ike Clanton
More likely to be true than not true.
Probable.
Evidence that does not come directly from an eyewitness or participant.
Circumstantial evidence.
When a source won't explain how or where they got their information from.
Unreliable source.
Not directly witnessed, depends on reasoning.
Circumstantial.
The name of the stolen painting in lessons 16-17
The Manoot
Most likely didn't happen.
Improbable.
When two or more pieces of evidence work together to support a claim.
Corroborating evidence.
When it makes them look good, or helps their interests.
Reasons for someone to lie.
A wrong way of thinking. A logical error.
Fallacy.
The person who killed Lord Laudmoore in lessons 20-21
David McLure
When someone chooses to believe a possibility while continuing to ignore the evidence that supports an obvious probability.
Possibility fallacy.
This is what has to be done to circumstantial evidence.
Interpreted.
We should prefer the testimony of this person.
When someone has no reason to lie/primary source.
A story someone tells about where they were and when.
Alibi/testimony.
The letter that written on a rock during the supposed faked moon landing.
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