[Jhoffa_]

Her body was never found, but the "client", who worked as a heavy equipment operator grading land, was convicted on circumstantial evidence.

So?

I said it could be anough to obtain a conviction.. But it's validity is always in doubt..

There's always a shadow hanging over circumstancial evidence. It's a puzzle piece that looks like it might fit where you want it to go.

That's why it's "circumstancial"

[Carolinamom]

The "doubt" is considerably lessened when there is a plethora of such evidence. I grant you that juries can better comprehend physical evidence, but when the amount of circumstantial evidence is overwhelming, the jury can convict w/out losing sleep....(The OJ jurors ignored both physical and circumstantial evidence and nullified the weight of both kinds.)