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What's the difference between direct and circumstantial

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Direct evidence is evidence which a person actually observes. Circumstantial evidence is evidence that was not observed but from which a judge or jury could infer that an incident occurred. The most common example in a criminal trial of circumstantial evidence is footprints in the snow.

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