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Re:FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing e... by bee_rider on Friday August 19, 2022 @12:23PM (#32523003)
The idea of transferring the sentence is funny, but probably not actually a good plan. The agent should be charged with whatever, tampering with evidence or something like that, which does have a pretty heavy punishment. The defendant should get a retrial at least.

The punishment for tampering with evidence should be strict no matter what the case was about. Whether the crime they are framing somebody for is murder or petty shoplifting, the main problem is the abuse of the public trust.

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Re:FBI agent pleads guilty to wiping hard-drive containing e... by puffoflogic on Friday August 19, 2022 @12:30PM (#32523104)
> The defendant should get a retrial at least.

You do not seem to grasp the implications of exculpatory evidence being destroyed. A retrial would be a vindication of the corrupt prosecution - er, I mean, the corrupt law enforcement who was totally not an agent of the prosecution.

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