[I cannot think of a name]

“IOW, they indicted the person being blackmailed instead of the blackmailer. Since when is being blackmailed a crime? “

When what you are being blackmailed over IS a crime, the circumstances are a little different. But just to be on the safe side, I would probably recommend shooting all involved. The most guilty has to be in there someplace.

[austinaero]

What?

How about being on the safe side and getting ALL the FACTS involved before you determine everyone should be shot?

[TBP]

So punish him for the underlying crime. But he’s also a victim — a victim of blackmail, and that is not a crime. It’s the blackmailer who’s the criminal in this case — but instead they choose to go after the person being blackmailed (probably for political reasons.)