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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLawyer question- need legal citation
Regarding evidence tampering.
What laws are broken and how is it enforced?
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Lawyer question- need legal citation (Original Post)
cpamomfromtexas
Apr 2013
OP
Ask the ACLU-they got Ollie North off, and forever no Iran/Contra can be looked into
graham4anything
Apr 2013
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graham4anything
(11,464 posts)1. Ask the ACLU-they got Ollie North off, and forever no Iran/Contra can be looked into
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,844 posts)2. State or federal law? If state, which one?
There are a lot of different laws, depends on the jurisdiction.
cpamomfromtexas
(1,247 posts)4. Texas but would tampering with evidence
Make it federal?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,844 posts)6. It would be federal only if the case the evidence pertained to
was part of a federal investigation or prosecution in the first place.
Here is the Texas evidence tampering statute: http://law.onecle.com/texas/penal/37.09.00.html
Here is one of many federal statutes: (relates to witness tampering) http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1512
rug
(82,333 posts)3. Tecas statute.
TEX PE. CODE ANN. § 37.09 : Texas Statutes - Section 37.09: TAMPERING WITH OR FABRICATING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/PE/8/37/37.09
Play around at the site. You'll find what you need.
cpamomfromtexas
(1,247 posts)5. Thank you!