Not just the penalties for that specific crime either but the penalties the victim would get. Most cops plant stuff on people with criminal pasts or existing legal problems because they’ll have a much harder time proving they are innocent. Such people get much higher penalties.
Yeah, police falsifying evidence should carry the same penalties as the crime they falsified evidence for and a guaranteed firing. This country treats cops with a bizarre level of leniency
x00z@lemmy.world 4 days ago
xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 days ago
Certainly if they falsified a federal crime, the penalty shouldn’t be any less than wire fraud, which is up to 20 years in prison.