Question of the Week
What’s the Weirdest Evidence You’ve Seen Presented in Court?
Posted Nov 4, 2009, 12:24 pm CST
By Molly McDonough
During a dinner conversation recently with a newly elected judge, we learned that defendants often, and unexpectedly, whip out their cell phones with photographic proof of whatever point they're trying to argue.
Talk of cell phone evidence jogged our memory about this "Case Oddity" post from the blog Defending People, in which author Mark Bennett discusses the challenge for defense lawyers who have to contend with a chalk outline that prosecutors have placed on the floor to represent the corpse in an ongoing murder trial.
This made us wonder about other bizarre or unique ways evidence has been presented in court. So tell us, what's the weirdest or most unique evidence you've seen presented to a judge?
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