Broken Lives

“Circumstantial Evidence” (Broken Lives)
Pages 281-303
What Happens?
· Title: Circumstantial -- containing or based on facts that allow a court to deduce that somebody is guilty without conclusive proof.
Evidence -- the objects or information used to prove or suggest the guilt of somebody accused of a crime.
· Case reports: It includes some case reports about the trial and statements made by the people involved in the court. (Refer to Pg.
· Structure of this chapter is “beginning-middle-end”. It begins with the trial and finishes with John Button being sentenced.
· Summary: This chapter is on John Button’s trial. First the prosecutor explains why the charge is willful murder and not manslaughter. The point about the damage to John’s car follows this, which is believed to have resulted by the impact of hitting Rosemary. Several witnesses are then called to back up the prosecutor’s statement. After this John Butto...