Guys - don't forget a ' clever' prosecutor does not place all of his/her eggs in a single basket (so to speak) when going after important criminals like these guys. I have a friend who is a very successful criminal prosecutor and - based on his years of experience with the sometime fickle nature of courts and juries - he always brings the minimum charges necessary for what he seeks to accomplish. He holds other charges he could have added back in case the trial does not end in a satisfactory result so that if that happens, he can always bring the defendant back to trial by then filing the other charges with the hope that a different jury or court will make the difference.
I'm hoping the prosecutors in these cases are clever and that the end results will be satisfactory to us all.
Richard's $.02 
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