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Judges have a lot of freedom to decide sentences. They might get one willing to throw the book on him. The risk is still there.

Judges can’t throw the book at someone who wasn’t indicted.

Depending on the jurisdiction and court procedural rules, there may be other routes to an indictment.

I'm no expert on Ohio law however, so I don't know what specifically applies here.

How is a judge going to do that when this man wasn't even indicted?