Circumstantial Evidence in Arson Cases

Identification by circumstantial evidence

The assumedly mortal remains of Queen Editha (Eadgyth) (91o–946 AD), wife of Otto the Great (912–973 AD) were subject of identification. The aim of the multi disciplinary investigations of an international research team was to test the hypothesis that the coffin indeed contained the skeletal remains of Queen Editha, as an inscription on its lid states. Biographical data of the historic Editha h...

Circumstantial Evidence: Of Law, Literature, and Culture

Evolution of Fire Investigation and Its Impact on Arson Cases

T he first step in investigating an alleged arson fire is to make certain that the fire was, in fact, intentionally set. Except in the most obvious cases, this step requires expert assistance from a knowledgeable fire investigator. Unfortunately, many practicing fire investigators in the United States today are not knowledgeable, and this has led to several high-profile miscarriages of justice....

Corruption in the health care system: the circumstantial evidence.

Health care systems are under intense scrutiny, and there is an increasing emphasis on patient safety and quality of care in general. Evidence continues to emerge demonstrating that health systems are performing at sub-optimal levels. The evidence includes the under-use, over-use and mis-use of health care services; new standards asking for respect, dignity, honesty and transparency; the corpor...

Why Things May Move: Evidence from (Circumstantial) Control

In the Minimalist Program, movement is considered to be driven by feature checking. An element moves in order to check a feature of its own or a feature on the target (Lasnik 1995). This paper presents evidence from Adjunct Control in two South Asian languages, Telugu and Sinhala, to show that movement may also be triggered by the feature requirements of the head of the maximal projection that ...