Comment on The cops pay Anon a visit

• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m very glad you’re not a lawyer.

  shouselaw.com/…/destruction-of-evidence-charge/

  This says you just need to know what you were destroying was evidence, which Anon clearly does.

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  • Hoimo@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    do so knowing that the evidence is to be produced during a legal or court proceeding

    If they haven’t accused you of anything yet, deleting “how to rob banks.txt” is just normal cleanup. Anon can’t know what might be relevant evidence after some cops ask to see his computer and leave. Of course, some files may have legal restrictions regardless of crime, for example financial records.

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    • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They absolutely have accused him of something though, they explicitly said they suspected him of suspicious activity online.

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• hector@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or if a court has ordered you to preserve the information. And the establishment routinely flouts court orders to preserve information with impunity

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