Do you think it is ok for police departments to shred evidence, and reports after 7 years?
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I think it is smart, because honestly the chances of a case re surfacing after 7 years and nothing is unlikely...plus it you were to save every case file then you would have tons of warehouses filled with these things
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Not if the case in question hasn't passed the statute of limitations! Do they really do that?!?
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If the case has been closed and no appeals have been filed. They would have most everything on record probably in a computer someplace anyway.
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I think they should be put on microfiche or tapes, in case they ever need to re-open the case. Many people have later been proven to have been innocent. Without those records and evidence, that would have been impossible.
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It's good..I mean if there is no hope left in the case, Then why keep the papers around just to take up extra space....
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Yes, but only after making triplicate copies. =)
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well they realy dont shed it havnt u heard of people who got cought 20 yrs after they did something if they shred it how would tehy still catch that person whatever u do will always be ina computer and if a cop wanted to they can get it out the unsolved things dont get shred they basicly just go to the next file
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So many new cases come in...they'd have to.
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