alt Hacker NewsBecause that's how you get a felony criminal case started in Ohio (and most, if not all, states and any federal felony cases).
Because that's how you get a felony criminal case started in Ohio (and most, if not all, states and any federal felony cases).
The simplest reason the indictment failed is that a felony charge amounts to overcharging in this case. Go one layer deeper and you find that cops and prosecutors assume the public likes a "tough on crime" approach, even when a lot of the public think Flock has bought off their local officials to pay Flock to run obnoxious surveillance tools with tax money.