The Half-Life of Evidence

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Imagine this: a worker reports a threat. The complaint is received, assigned a number and closed because there is not enough evidence.

Four months later another worker reports the same conduct. New number, new reviewer, same conclusion.

A third report arrives after the first file has expired. The institution can now say that its available records show no pattern.

Nobody prohibited a sentence. The system only prevented three true sentences from meeting.

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