If I could piggyback on this:
From the beginning of mankind, there has been You Gave, I Want often resulting in violence.
And for probably as long, a system for justice from which our system of was raised.
Technology is a very recent innovention.
Justice can carry on without it.
How many cctvs are wired to overwrite? How much data is lost over time due to operator error? How many criminals remain free only because BARD prevents arrest, for now?
Yes, it's unfortunate if evidence is lost. It's not, however, the end of the world. It doesn't erase whatever was true.
Defense continues to pound sand. Pretending their whole case could be resolves with the contents of the Locked Drawer. As if. Too, too convenient.
I'm not impressed.
JMO