On the other hand, the prosecutor will often take their views into account when deciding how to conduct his activity and, especially, what charges to press, what bargains to offer and what stance to adopt during the trial. Making a stand in court becomes far more difficult when both victims insist that whatever damage was done was easily repaired and of little consequence to their well-being. MIT's ambiguous -- at best -- position in this case fueled a great deal of the moral abuses of the prosecution.