This may be true for hackers but courts have to prove guilty beyond a reasonable doubt to the letter of the law. The law here is destruction of evidence. The g

This may be true for hackers but courts have to prove guilty beyond a reasonable doubt to the letter of the law. The law here is destruction of evidence. The guy destroyed evidence by giving the wrong password to the police. If the police had destroyed it of their own accord, he'd be free. If the duress PIN was 1234 and the police just tried it, he'd be free.