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19 multiple answer 1 point a signed confession from a suspect direct circumstantial biological physical 20 multiple answer 2 points a few pieces of blonde hair (without follicle so no dna) direct circumstantial biological physical
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Question 19 (A signed confession from a suspect)
Brief Explanations
- Direct Evidence: A signed confession is direct evidence as it directly proves a fact (the suspect's admission of guilt) without needing inference.
- Physical Evidence: A signed document (confession) is a physical object, so it can also be classified as physical evidence.
- Circumstantial evidence requires inference, which a confession does not. Biological evidence relates to biological materials (like DNA, blood), so a confession is not biological.
Brief Explanations
- Circumstantial Evidence: Hair (without DNA) is circumstantial because it requires inference (e.g., linking the hair to a suspect or crime scene context).
- Biological Evidence: Hair is a biological material (even without follicle/DNA, it is of biological origin).
- Physical Evidence: Hair is a physical object, so it is physical evidence.
- Direct evidence proves a fact directly, and hair alone does not do that, so not direct.
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A. Direct, D. Physical