“Chain of evidence is completely destroyed.”
indeed ... and i had been wondering if chain of custody ever existed in the first place ... lawyers for the defendants should demand extensive step-by-step documention, including all who accessed the documents, when, and what each and every individual did with said accessed documents ... if what the prosecution presents is insufficient or actually counters the known facts of the situation, the defendants should demand that the case be thrown out ...
The parts that they cannot establish a ‘chain of evidence’ should be thrown out. At least, that’s the way it is on all of the TV shows.