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The prosecutor could do a few things with the impression evidence.  Firstly, the prosecutor could use the evidence to tie the woman’s vehicle to the crime scene.  Forensic scientists can determine the make and model of the vehicle based on the impressions that were left behind (Houck & Siegel, 2015, p.90).  Tire impressions would make good demonstrative evidence as well.  According to the Scientific Working Group for Shoeprint and Tire Tread Evidence (2007) Photographs and casting are one of the first things done when dealing with impression evidence (p.2).  The analyst could describe and point out definitive features in the tire impressions.   Photographic evidence and a possibility a cast would help construct the crime scene in the minds of the jury.  Skid marks could be used to explain how many suspected vehicles were in the intersection at the time of the hit and run.