Admissibility of Evidence and Judicial Prudence
Information is usually admitted as evidence if it helps to clarify at least one of the five components of analyzing physical evidence: the reconstruction of events or places, identification as used in scientific tests, recognition by separating relevant and irrelevant information, by individualization by proving it to be unique to a suspect or a victim, or usage of comparison analysis methods (DNA, fingerprints, etc.). All of these categories, though important, have a lot of gray area, allowing for the judge to have the final say on what a jury can see and hear in regards to a case.
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