evidence suppression
Destroying crucial documentation
Evidence suppression is the deliberate withholding or concealment of evidence, particularly by prosecutors or police in criminal cases.
In legal contexts, suppression violates defendants' rights to a fair trial: The conviction was overturned due to evidence suppression by the district attorney's office.
The term also applies more broadly to any intentional hiding of relevant information: Critics accused the company of evidence suppression in the safety investigation.
- coverupDeliberate hiding of wrongdoing
- cover upConceal misdeeds or errors
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- tamperingImproper interference with something
witness tampering · obstruction · obstruction of justice · withholding · buried · hidden · memory hole · redacted · shredded · deleted · paper trail · silenced · whistleblower · testimony · documents · chain of custody · conspiracy · deep state
evidence suppressiontruth-telling
Communicating only facts
transparency · whistleblowing · coming clean · openness · illumination
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