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Right. Many of the Weathermen, who were clearly guilty, got off because the government didn't want to explain how they got their evidence: https://www.nytimes.
by AlbertCory 4y ago
Right. Many of the Weathermen, who were clearly guilty, got off because the government didn't want to explain how they got their evidence:
https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/16/archives/us-forgoes-trial-of-weathermen.html https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/16/archives/us-forgoes-trial...
I don't think this is even a hard case, legally. The government had relevant evidence & destroyed it deliberately. Not guilty.
- aftbit 4y agoInteresting, I had never heard of the Weathermen before today. Thanks!
- AlbertCory 4y agoThere's a movie about them. I'm not sure if I saw it on Prime or Kanopy.
- Gibbon1 4y agoThere is a thing in civil cases where if the plaintiff destroys evidence the jury is instructed to assume the worst.