Probability Analysis in Criminal Justice System

The use of probability analysis is not important in non forensic criminal settings.

The historical necessity for the gathering and arguing of inferences from circumstantial evidence has no connection with the use of probability analyses.

The tool of judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and jurors has changed significantly over time.

Probability analysis has been a tool used in the criminal justice system since the earliest days of English and American criminal jurisprudence.

The criminal justice system is not centered in the balancing of conflicting bodies of circumstantial evidence.

The historical necessity for the gathering and arguing of inferences from circumstantial evidence has no connection with the use of formal or informal probability analyses.

What is the main difference between direct evidence and circumstantial evidence?

How does the law treat direct and circumstantial evidence in court?

What is the key difference in the nature of evidence between direct and circumstantial evidence?