alt Hacker NewsBut GP made it clear that the graffiti charge wasn't the target, it was intended to pressure the person involved into turning on a different criminal associate. Ignoring that reality in favor of focusing exclusively on the charge itself seems unhelpful to me.
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adgjlsfhk1 • yesterday at 11:27 PM
Extortion for testimony doesn't tend to produce reliable testimony.
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"25 to life for jaywalking, but you'll walk free if you snitch" sounds like extortion to me.
If he's an accomplice, them charge him with that, and turn it into a classical prisoner's dilemma. Don't just make up bullshit charges, that's abuse of the justice system.