[silverleaf]

I read about another case like this. It was proved the victim’s injuries were consistent with being thrown out and away from the cliff, and then falling down....not falling over and tumbling and clawing to try to stop the fall.

May justice be done for this tiny girl

[AnAmericanMother]

Correct.

Trajectory calculations can be done from the point of impact to determine whether somebody fell or was pushed.

One of the chapters in this very interesting book deals with expert testimony on this very point - although in that case it was whether the man jumped or fell.

[metmom]

I read about another case like this. It was proved the victim’s injuries were consistent with being thrown out and away from the cliff, and then falling down....not falling over and tumbling and clawing to try to stop the fall.

Simple physics can demonstrate that. Tumbling down an embankment sort of thing is not the same thing as being launched.