There's a popular belief that circumstantial evidence is inherently inferior to direct evidence, but that's not actually the case. Direct evidence is evidence

There's a popular belief that circumstantial evidence is inherently inferior to direct evidence, but that's not actually the case. Direct evidence is evidence that directly links a person to a crime, such as testimony from someone who witnessed the defendant committing the crime or a video showing the defendant committing the crime. Anything else is circumstantial evidence. Fingerprints? Circumstantial. DNA match? Circumstantial. Most criminal convictions are based entirely on circumstantial evidence.