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This all under the guise of those very, very damaging social media searches that really was that blueprint of his actions, according to prosecutors, this really put the puzzle together to show the story, which is what was needed in a circumstantial evidence case to establish probable cause. – Misty Marris	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The whole of the circumstantial evidence satisfies me that Mr Dawson is dead, that Mr Dawson died on or about 8 January 1982, and that Mr Dawson did not voluntarily abandon Mr Dawson home, i'm satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the only rational inference that the circumstances enable me to draw is that Mr Dawson died or on about 8 January 1982 as the result of a conscious and voluntary act committed by Mr Dawson with the intention of causing Mr Dawson death. – Ian Harrison	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The text is strong circumstantial evidence, texts that people write, assuming they can be authenticated, are very powerful because they show someone's state of mind and can be directly attributed to them. – Veronica Renzi	Found on CNN 1 year ago
That, again, is circumstantial evidence, but it could point to something that's more suggestive of intimate partner violence. – Ziv Cohen	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The complication of the past 24 hours with the Paul Manafort plea agreement having imploded almost sets the table with a circumstantial case of obstruction, any pardon now would look like a reward to Paul Manafort for an extraordinary kind of double-cross of the prosecutor here both promising to be truthful and not being so, then funneling information to Donald Trump -- which I can not tell you how extraordinary it is. – Harry Litman	Found on CNN 5 years ago
At the outset of the investigation, there was circumstantial evidence of collusion. There was direct evidence, I think, of deception, and that's where we begin the investigation. – Adam Schiff	Found on CNN 7 years ago
There is circumstantial evidence that people close to Fethullah Gulen were involved in the coup, but this was a coup that was not just related to Fethullah Gulen, but a coalition of different officers, each of whom had their own reasons to participate, it does n’t mean that Fethullah Gulen did have a hand, it does n’t mean that Fethullah Gulen did not. We don’t know. – Henri Barkey	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
There is absolutely no evidence that a crime occurred, this is a strong circumstantial case for an abduction except that some of the elements that we would see in an abduction are missing. – Sheriff William Snyder	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Some employees working for Petrobras did engage in corruption or acts of corruption, the circumstantial evidence that is available from the prosecutors are pretty substantial. – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's really difficult to know. If you ever were to ask one of the Supreme Court justices whether this has any influence in any way, the answer is going to be no, at the same time, we think we have circumstantial evidence that several justices take into account the political climate, the political consequences of their decisions. – Jon Gould	Found on CNN 8 years ago
An incident like this is not the best for our industry ... It remains to be seen if it was purely circumstantial or if a mistake was made. – Mariano Rajoy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The SEC's case is a purely circumstantial one, this is the mother of all circumstantial cases. – Paul Ryan	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
You're always dealing with circumstantial evidence. We don't have the ability to probe people's minds. – Eric Chaffee	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It might be a bit circumstantial, but I think it's quite strong. – Angela Lieverse	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous -- almost of pedantic -- veracity, that the experienced angler is seen. – Jerome K. Jerome	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk. – Henry David Thoreau	added by anonymous 14 years ago

This all under the guise of those very, very damaging social media searches that really was that blueprint of his actions, according to prosecutors, this really put the puzzle together to show the story, which is what was needed in a circumstantial evidence case to establish probable cause.

– Misty Marris

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The whole of the circumstantial evidence satisfies me that Mr Dawson is dead, that Mr Dawson died on or about 8 January 1982, and that Mr Dawson did not voluntarily abandon Mr Dawson home, i'm satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the only rational inference that the circumstances enable me to draw is that Mr Dawson died or on about 8 January 1982 as the result of a conscious and voluntary act committed by Mr Dawson with the intention of causing Mr Dawson death.

– Ian Harrison

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The text is strong circumstantial evidence, texts that people write, assuming they can be authenticated, are very powerful because they show someone's state of mind and can be directly attributed to them.

– Veronica Renzi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That, again, is circumstantial evidence, but it could point to something that's more suggestive of intimate partner violence.

– Ziv Cohen

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The complication of the past 24 hours with the Paul Manafort plea agreement having imploded almost sets the table with a circumstantial case of obstruction, any pardon now would look like a reward to Paul Manafort for an extraordinary kind of double-cross of the prosecutor here both promising to be truthful and not being so, then funneling information to Donald Trump -- which I can not tell you how extraordinary it is.

– Harry Litman

Found on CNN
5 years ago

At the outset of the investigation, there was circumstantial evidence of collusion. There was direct evidence, I think, of deception, and that's where we begin the investigation.

– Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
7 years ago

There is circumstantial evidence that people close to Fethullah Gulen were involved in the coup, but this was a coup that was not just related to Fethullah Gulen, but a coalition of different officers, each of whom had their own reasons to participate, it does n’t mean that Fethullah Gulen did have a hand, it does n’t mean that Fethullah Gulen did not. We don’t know.

– Henri Barkey

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

There is absolutely no evidence that a crime occurred, this is a strong circumstantial case for an abduction except that some of the elements that we would see in an abduction are missing.

– Sheriff William Snyder

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Some employees working for Petrobras did engage in corruption or acts of corruption, the circumstantial evidence that is available from the prosecutors are pretty substantial.

– Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's really difficult to know. If you ever were to ask one of the Supreme Court justices whether this has any influence in any way, the answer is going to be no, at the same time, we think we have circumstantial evidence that several justices take into account the political climate, the political consequences of their decisions.

– Jon Gould

Found on CNN
8 years ago

An incident like this is not the best for our industry ... It remains to be seen if it was purely circumstantial or if a mistake was made.

– Mariano Rajoy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The SEC's case is a purely circumstantial one, this is the mother of all circumstantial cases.

– Paul Ryan

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

You're always dealing with circumstantial evidence. We don't have the ability to probe people's minds.

– Eric Chaffee

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It might be a bit circumstantial, but I think it's quite strong.

– Angela Lieverse

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous -- almost of pedantic -- veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.

– Jerome K. Jerome

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.

– Henry David Thoreau

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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