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> It's your intent to destroy evidence that is the crime, not whether you destroyed evidence. Accidentally destroying evidence can still carry a serious penalt
by ranger_danger 9mo ago
> It's your intent to destroy evidence that is the crime, not whether you destroyed evidence.
Accidentally destroying evidence can still carry a serious penalty, but yes the intent is generally the most important. But absent intent, it can still help the prosecution to know the device had something useful to them on it.