Sentence examples for lost evidence from inspiring English sources

A mother spoke of how police lost evidence, so her 15-year-old daughter's rapist was found not guilty.

Investigation leading to prosecution may not be possible, because of lost evidence, dead witnesses, and various interventions over the years.

The Metropolitan police have lost evidence relating to death and rape threats made on Twitter against the feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, she has said.

Independence at the outset of such investigations is vital to assuage public concerns about cover-ups, lost evidence and subsequent decisions on criminal and disciplinary action.

A family member claimed that a new set of detectives has taken over the case because of criticism over lost evidence.

In July, The Times reported that railroads had destroyed, mishandled or simply lost evidence in grade-crossing accidents and had also failed to properly report hundreds of accidents to federal authorities.

"Potentially," he said, "it loses evidence that would have been useful" in the criminal investigation.

Corruption means police officers can easily be persuaded to "lose" evidence and judges can be bought off.

For example, we've heard about police failing to interview witnesses or losing evidence, or prosecutors deciding not to prosecute drivers even when it seems obvious they were in the wrong.

Their actions range from destroying, mishandling or simply losing evidence to not reporting the crashes properly in the first place, a seven-month investigation by The New York Times has found.

NATIONAL REPORTING Walt Bogdanich The New York Times The judges honored Mr. Bogdanich for his series "Death on the Tracks," which revealed that some major railroad companies sidestepped responsibility for grade-crossing fatalities by destroying or losing evidence and failing to report hundreds of accidents, and also showed the ineffective oversight by government regulators.