FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing exculpatory evidence

Re:FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing e... by AlbertCory on Friday August 19, 2022 @12:21PM (#32522980)

Right. Many of the Weathermen, who were clearly guilty, got off because the government didn't want to explain how they got their evidence:

I don't think this is even a hard case, legally. The government had relevant evidence & destroyed it deliberately. Not guilty.

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Re:FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing e... by Gibbon1 on Friday August 19, 2022 @04:02PM (#32525390)

There is a thing in civil cases where if the plaintiff destroys evidence the jury is instructed to assume the worst.

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Re:FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing e... by aftbit on Friday August 19, 2022 @01:55PM (#32524137)

Interesting, I had never heard of the Weathermen before today. Thanks!

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Re:FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing e... by AlbertCory on Friday August 19, 2022 @02:41PM (#32524635)

There's a movie about them. I'm not sure if I saw it on Prime or Kanopy.

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