Scientific Evidence (law)
This article is about the legal concept. For scientific evidence in pure science, see Scientific evidence.
In law, scientific evidence is evidence derived from scientific knowledge or techniques. Most forensic evidence, including genetic evidence, is scientific evidence.
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