Description
Copy five (5) news articles either from a newspaper,
magazine,forensic journal, or other on-line source that discusses some type of
crime or crime scene. Type 1-2 paragraphs for each article, discussing
the possible direct and circumstantial evidence as well as the case issues
that might be presented in the case.
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Running head: DIRECT AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
Direct and Circumstantial Evidence
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Direct and Circumstantial Evidence
Article 1: Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/us/california-felonymurder.html
In this case, Shawn Khalifa is convicted of murder though he never took part in the actual killing
of the victim. The state of California has however passed the doctrine of felony murder rule
where one could be charged for murder for being involved in a crime that led to death. In this
case, Shawn was an accomplice, and the acts of his friends led to the death of their victim. As
such, he was considered as much culpable as his friends were.
The direct evidence is that he and his accomplices were at the scene of the crime and that they
had planned to take on their victim. The circumstantial evidence is that the accused though at the
crime scene never took part in the killing as though they had made plans to break into the house
and the result of their actions was the death of their victim. Under the felony murder la...
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