forensic

Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.

In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected, and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.

Fire investigators […] and forensic chemists are combing through fire sites [the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing], interviewing witnesses, and following leads.

Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law; suitable or adapted to legal argumentation.

Varus trusted implicitly […] to the interest which they affected to take in the forensic eloquence of their conquerors.

Mr. Philips’ incredulous sniff was a triumph of forensic skill.

Precise, thorough, or highly meticulous, by analogy with a scientific legal investigation.

A forensic account of history

With forensic precision

Relating to forms of disability associated with criminal risk.

a forensic learning disability

patients with forensic needs

Relating to, or used in, debate or argument.