I can't help but be reminded of my seven year old, with crumbs on his shoes, chocolate on his face, who said, "How do you know mice didn't eat the cookies? Why do you think it's me?"
LOL
I can't make the connection about the kid with crumbs on his shoes, etc. I have not, in fact, used the word "circumstantial."
Yes, it is true that "circumstantial evidence" is still "evidence".....just not very plausible "evidence" and if I ever have to go on trial for anything I certainly hope that the jurors will be intelligent enough to be able to make the distinction between "circumstantial evidence" and "direct evidence."
You may want to ask that doctor in the Midwest whose story spawned "The Fugitive" TV series and movie, about "circumstantial evidence." :-)
What I said was that there was no "direct evidence."
Big difference..... :-)