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This seems like some insane government overreach, though. Like, make the penalties for destroying evidence super steep and criminally liable sure, but it seems
by gameman144 4y ago
This seems like some insane government overreach, though. Like, make the penalties for destroying evidence super steep and criminally liable sure, but it seems pretty wild that you could be convicted of a crime without evidence. In that case, the government has an incentive to destroy evidence and its paper trail.
- shadowgovt 4y agoHow would the government go about destroying evidence in a defendant's possession? (If you mean "Has the government failed to meet its burden of disclosure regarding evidence in its possession:" yes, it occasionally happens. The significant incentive against it is that it's immediate grounds for a mistrial and incredibly embarrassing to a prosecutor's office that has it happen on their watch).
- hugh-avherald 4y agoI don't want to alarm you but (a) it's definitely possible to be convicted of a crime without evidence and (b) the only things stopping "the government" fabricating evidence are the government officials themselves.