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This is just silly. Can you imagine them saying they couldn't prosecute a cocaine kingpin because the evidence took up too much room in storage? "We couldn't pr
by jeffool 14y ago
This is just silly. Can you imagine them saying they couldn't prosecute a cocaine kingpin because the evidence took up too much room in storage? "We couldn't prosecute them. Their lab was too big. They were too successful."
This has to either be an excuse for an otherwise weak case, or a severe misunderstanding how rampant prescription drug abuse is.
- pavel_lishin 14y agoIf the cocaine kingpin was out of the country, anyway, and the case had been ongoing for over five years, and you could prosecute him based on other crimes... maybe. I mean, if your evidence storage room is literally so full that you cannot store any other evidence, do you stubbornly go after the one guy who you're not likely to even bring to a trial, or do you give up and go for the easier target?
- jeffool 14y agoFair enough, but in this case, storage is very cheap.
- pavel_lishin 14y agoI imagine there's a process in place that makes it expensive and difficult. I would imagine that you can't just buy a random hard drive and plug it into the DEA network.