Title: Why is Evidence So Important? • Smilodon's Retreat
Headings: Why is Evidence So Important?
Why is Evidence So Important?
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Content: When we drop objects, they fall. And they often break. Especially delicate objects like cups and plates. In the court room, evidence can be used to establish guilt or innocence of a crime or accusation. It is a body of information that tells us whether someone had a motive, opportunity, the ability to commit a crime. And, even though no one deciding a persons fate in the courtroom was present at the event, there can be such a body of evidence that there isn’t a shadow of a doubt that the person is guilty. But all it takes is one piece of evidence to destroy an entire case. One camera shot from a street cam hundreds of miles away from where the crime took place means that the person wasn’t there and couldn’t have committed the crime. The result of something like this is an inference, that is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. We can’t see gravity.