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Actual objects, pictures, models and other devices which are supposedly intended to clarify the facts for the judge<\/a> and jury<\/a>: how an accident occurred, actual damages<\/a>, medical problems, or methods used in committing an alleged crime. Many of these are not supposed to be actual evidence<\/a>, but “aids” to understanding. A model of a knee or a photograph of an accident scene obviously helps, but color photos of an operation in progress or a bullet-riddled body can excite the passions of a jury<\/a>. The borderline balance between legitimate aids and evidence<\/a> intended to inflame a juror<\/a>’s emotions is in the hands of the trial judge<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Actual objects, pictures, models and other devices which are supposedly intended to clarify the facts for the judge<\/a> and jury<\/a>: how an accident occurred, actual damages<\/a>, medical problems, or methods used in committing an alleged crime. Many of these are not supposed to be actual evidence<\/a>, but “aids” to understanding. A model of a knee […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[],"glossary-tags":[],"glossary-languages":[],"class_list":["post-6778","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"post_title":"Demonstrative Evidence","post_content":"\n

Actual objects, pictures, models and other devices which are supposedly intended to clarify the facts for the judge and jury: how an accident occurred, actual damages, medical problems, or methods used in committing an alleged crime. Many of these are not supposed to be actual evidence, but \"aids\" to understanding. A model of a knee or a photograph of an accident scene obviously helps, but color photos of an operation in progress or a bullet-riddled body can excite the passions of a jury. The borderline balance between legitimate aids and evidence intended to inflame a juror's emotions is in the hands of the trial judge.<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/6778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/6778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-categories?post=6778"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-tags?post=6778"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-languages","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-languages?post=6778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}