# 4 University of Idaho students stabbed to death \[November 16, 2022\]

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**Created:** [November 17, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-university-of-idaho-students-stabbed-to-death-november-16-2022/975063 "2022-11-17T04:49:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-university-of-idaho-students-stabbed-to-death-november-16-2022/975063/788 "2025-04-12T04:42:11Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> > [@TokyoBayer](#):
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> > One of the talking heads on YouTube pointed out that **there has to be actual evidence against someone else in order to use that in a trial**.
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> **I dont think so** - what you can do is raise a"reasonable doubt".
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> [Faculty Publications | Case Western Reserve University School of Law](https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/) 819/
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> [‘Somebody else did it’ — a rare, but powerful, criminal defense – Twin Cities](https://www.twincities.com/2013/11/09/somebody-else-did-it-a-rare-but-powerful-criminal-defense/)
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> that article explains that _usually_-_At the most formal level, the claim that someone other than the defendant committed a crime is known as an alternative perpetrator defense. It’s a strategy in which the defense introduces concrete evidence to flesh out an explanation of why someone else was responsible._
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> _ **To do so** , **a defendant must declare the defense before the trial so the court can determine whether there’s enough evidence — be it fingerprints, motives, testimony or other clues — to connect the alternative perpetrator to the crime. It’s similar to the burden requiring prosecutors to stick to relevant, well-grounded evidence.** _
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> _“It has to go beyond just mere speculation or suspicion,” said Derik Fettig, a teaching fellow at Hamline University’s law school._
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> However, simply casting some doubt in the juries mind can be legit. Asking whether tha Police investigated other possible leads is totally legit.

my bolding

Did you read what you posted?

Your cite literally says what I posted.

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