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Re:FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing e... by jaywalk on Friday August 19, 2022 @11:43AM (#32522447)
Depending on what and how the FBI screwed up, it's actually possible today. It's innocent until proven guilty, and if they screwed up in obtaining a key piece of evidence, then it and anything stemming from it will be inadmissible in court. If they can't prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt without that evidence, then the defendant will be found not guilty.
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Re:FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing e... by duxup on Friday August 19, 2022 @11:47AM (#32522497)
Anything is possible, but that doesn't mean it should be automatic as proposed.
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Re:FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing e... by salawat on Friday August 19, 2022 @12:53PM (#32523418)
Yes it does. Especially when the nature of the evidence is exculpatory, and was in the State's custody at time of the proceeding, and maliciously destroyed by a State actor. Adverse inference is a two way street. If you want to use it as justification to help the Prosecution when a Defendant destroys evidence, it must work the other way around as well. Due Process was thwarted.
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Re:FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing e... by duxup on Friday August 19, 2022 @12:56PM (#32523455)
>evidence is exculpatory

So now you potentially go to trial with that evidence.

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Re:FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing e... by thalassophobia on Friday August 19, 2022 @01:38PM (#32523944)
How exactly is that possible if said evidence has been destroyed by a state actor?
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