[jonascord]

You know it's a common, legal, prosecutorial procedure?

Charge with and try the most serious possible offense, so that there is no way there can be a followup retry on a lesser charge?

DAs do this all the time with cops charged with murder, and lose, so they can shield them, and the city, from civil financial exposure.

In one syllable terms, the DA went into the tank for the sanctuary city's policy.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The case done got throwed alright.

Donald Trump should be angrier at the city than at the “verdict.”

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Charge with and try the most serious possible offense, so that there is no way there can be a followup retry on a lesser charge?

DAs do this all the time with cops charged with murder, and lose, so they can shield them, and the city, from civil financial exposure.

In one syllable terms, the DA went into the tank for the sanctuary city's policy.

Interesting theory, but how many people who wanted a conviction would complain if the killer weren't charged with murder one?

I don't doubt that you're right, but I can very easily imagine the outcry here and elsewhere on the Internet if the indictment were for a lesser charge.

[edwinland]

Fascinating theory. I had not heard of that strategy before.