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Re:US Supreme Court Restricts Scope of Computer Fraud and Ab... by girvo on Thursday June 03, 2021 @08:10PM (#27388990)
There are so many laws that there's an incentive to throw as many as possible that might stick, so that at least one of them might get a conviction.

It also adds a lot more pressure on the person charged to take a plea deal.

Re:US Supreme Court Restricts Scope of Computer Fraud and Ab... by Asymmetryk on Friday June 04, 2021 @01:23AM (#27390860)
I think the prosecution needs to be put to proof of every charge that's suddenly dropped where the dropped charge is the most appropriate and the charge the accused pleads to whether of their own accord or in bargain. It is absolutely not in the interests of justice to convict on secondary and tertiary charges for the purported purpose of punishment for a different unproven crime that is the crime society wants to deter.