For Juries, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt = CSI
The justice system is now facing what legal experts call, "the CSI effect," a TV-bred demand by jurors for high tech, indisputable forensic evidence before they will convict....
In response, scholarly law journals have included articles suggesting that prosecutors warn jurors at the outset that it can be very difficult to obtain forensic evidence and that circumstantial evidence is sufficient to prove a case....
"Shows like 'CSI' are teaching people that without forensic evidence you can't convict anybody," said Asimow.
In response, scholarly law journals have included articles suggesting that prosecutors warn jurors at the outset that it can be very difficult to obtain forensic evidence and that circumstantial evidence is sufficient to prove a case....
"Shows like 'CSI' are teaching people that without forensic evidence you can't convict anybody," said Asimow.
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