Isn’t destruction of evidence, DEFACTO obstruction of justice?
“Isn’t destruction of evidence, DEFACTO obstruction of justice?”
Only if there exists someone to actually prosecute it.
I did 2 decades of field investigations. I was taught not to form an early opinion or bias, but to look at the evidence. talk to folks (witnesses), gather evidence (lab requests, photographs, spreadsheets).
Let the evidence lead the case as ultimately it is not the opinion of the investigators that wins a jury verdict, but solid witness testimony and the introduction of quality exhibits for examination by the judge and jury.
Most cases pled out, those that went to trial were affirmed by the jury.
Never had to turn a bad investigation into a process crime and detest those that resort to that level.