• xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    14 days ago

    A cop that planted evidence on you would then, usually, find that evidence to announce that you had it.

    That finding action would likely excuse any fingerprints on the evidence unless they were extremely careless and left a fingerprint inside the baggie.

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    14 days ago

    Cops don’t collect evidence to prove your innocence. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. Never for you. You and your lawyer provide your own evidence. The cops won’t be collecting it for you.

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          14 days ago

          Police have to collect proof, whether it works for or against a suspect. Other suspects are possible, too. That follows directly from the general presumption of innocence. Only the judge can end that presumption, with his verdict.

          Btw police don’t argue in court.

          (Germany here)