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Prosecutors in the states are known to withhold exculpatory evidence. It's not about knowing, it's not even about what you can prove, it's about what they can p
by 6d0debc071 14y ago
Prosecutors in the states are known to withhold exculpatory evidence. It's not about knowing, it's not even about what you can prove, it's about what they can pin on you - what they can get people to believe about you.
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him."
- attributed to Richelieu, Cardinal De
That's the fear - (or a large part of it anyway.)
You don't even have to cross them for them to do it - not in any significant way. Maybe you slight a cop and he decides to screw you if he can. Maybe you're just a figure on someone's KPIs. You don't have to cross someone - not really - for your desires to conflict.