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Property was not destroyed or removed and can still be seized. Slam dunk for the defendant


Digital property is property.


Is that what the law says? Does it say that digital copies of photos are property? Does it say browsing history is property?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property

Not to mention it fails a basic sniff test. You seriously think a judge is going to rule "well even though you deleted all your emails, since those are technically bits stored on a phone, and the phone is still there, you haven't destroyed anything, and you're free to go?"


Except that doesn't matter here, IP isn't why you can't destroy emails.

You can't destroy emails because they law says those are evidence.




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