It is a slaying without a body, a crime without physical evidence, and an abduction without eyewitnesses, even though it occurred in broad daylight in Manhattan.
We have a map, physical evidence, showing every geographical point of impact — and that is concrete".
Even without a shred of physical evidence, an almost unanimous jury voted for conviction based on a 33-year-old statement, given by a man suffering from a personality disorder and limited intelligence.
Lipstick on a collar, a reappearing bloodstain – the physical evidence of a guilty act has turned many a plot.
Several of the Justices were uncertain whether Robinson applied, and if it did, how to apply the precedent, given that it concerned a search for physical evidence, not a search for digital evidence.
But testimony of old confessions is not as likely to sway a jury as physical evidence, said Steven B. Duke, a professor of criminal law at Yale Law School.
He was convicted by a jury despite a lack of physical evidence and conflicting witnesses.
"And this is a vast scene with a lot of physical evidence".
A lack of physical evidence has also kept alive a host of conspiracy theories and speculation that the aircraft landed intact somewhere.
A grand jury indicted him on a charge of "tampering with physical evidence," a reference to his decision to butcher his 71-year-old neighbor and throw the body parts in Galveston Bay.
