The Supreme Court ruled that while circumstantial evidence can lead to a conviction, it must be consistent solely with guilt.

The Karnataka High Court allowed an appeal and acquitted Arun Kumar M, who had been convicted and sentenced to life ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments in the appeal of Nicholas Firkus’ conviction for murdering his wife in St. Paul and then took an unusual step: The justices asked for more information from ...

Prosecutors in Brian Walshe’s case had to rely on largely circumstantial evidence as they tried to convince a jury to send the 50-year-old to prison for the rest of his life for the murder of his wife ...

Leading up to a New Year’s Eve party that went into 2023, Brian and Ana Walshe were having issues in their marriage, ...

The Supreme Court set aside an individual's conviction for murder, holding that a prosecution case resting entirely on circumstantial evidence cannot be sustained solely on the “last seen” ...

Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The insider-trading prosecution of former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director Rajat Gupta is built on circumstantial evidence that may be less persuasive than the wiretaps that ...

Local defense attorney Pat Cafferty explained that circumstantial evidence doesn't necessarily mean weak evidence. He said the State is depending on this being the case in the trial of Maxwell ...

Supreme Court's Ruling on Circumstantial Evidence The Supreme Court stated on Thursday that circumstantial evidence can only ...

New Delhi, Dec 19: The Supreme Court has set aside the conviction of an accused in a 21-year-old murder case, holding that he could not be convicted solely on the basis of the “last seen together” ...

Thane: A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted a 24-year-old man accused of murdering his stepmother, citing the prosecution's failure to establish a complete chain of circumstantial ...