Under current law, if someone aids a felon by destroying or altering evidence or placing false evidence, that is a crime unless that person is related to the felon.
At a hearing on Assembly Bill 338 last June, prosecutors detailed many cases in which a relative helped get rid of a murder weapon, or destroy blood-stained clothes, etc., in order to help the murderer literally get away with murder. AB 338 removes the exception that allows relatives to intentionally alter, damage, or hide evidence, or place false evidence in order to assist someone with getting away with a crime.
This bill, authored by Representative Gundrum, passed the Judiciary and Ethics Committee unanimously in June, and passed the full Assembly on a bi-partisan vote earlier this week. The bill now moves on to the Senate.
- Rep. Mark Gundrum (link here)
How did this vehicle for injustice ever get established in the first place?
Why has it not been addressed before?
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