> Why would anyone routinely delete evidence of crime instead of making a copy of it before it was deleted? (speculation) because the prosecutors preferred to

> Why would anyone routinely delete evidence of crime instead of making a copy of it before it was deleted? (speculation) because the prosecutors preferred to ruin an innocent man's life over appearing incompetent... it technically risks evidence tampering, but they can probably just argue it back to incompetence so they have nothing to lose.