Comment by duped
4 years ago
Do prosecutors need consent from victims to file charges in cases like this?
Also if you're going to commit a crime and brag about it, don't say "hey well they would point the finger at me anyway and I'm not going to name my partners." You've just told them there are coconspirators, and you don't have a right not to incriminate others.
They don't legally need it, but such cases are pretty much dead in court without the victim's cooperation so the prosecution will almost always drop it.
The Aaron Swartz prosecution continued, even after MIT and JSTOR said they didn't want to press charges, because of a zealous prosecutor.
What happens when the suspect publicly admits to doing it and providing detailed information on the motive and means