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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

leads and clues

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A clue can be a fact, piece of information, object. Leads on the other hand are pieces of information or objects. What exactly is the difference between them? The leads, logically lead us directly to the suspect.
  

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I think of a lead in a criminal case as being information provided by someone else.

— Philip

  • I think of a lead in a criminal case as being information provided by someone else.
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I think of a lead in a criminal case as being information provided by someone else.
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Does that mean there's a certain amount of overlap? Leads and clues can both be pieces of information, but provided by a different source. Detectives look for clues, whereas witnesses can provide the detectives with leads. Yes?
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That's how I see it, but them I'm not in the field.
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You don't need to be Emotion: smile.
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