[Fatalis]

S's plea bargain analogy actually has some merit, if one buys into the fig leaf.

If someone stole your car and the D.A. charged him a fee to let him keep it, how many mpg would your fig leaf get?

[Torie]

Well, he can only keep it for awhile, and then it must be returned to its owner, so the owner benefits by getting some use of thc car that would otherwise be gone forever, albeit with some extra miles on it.