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> There seems to be an utter lack of understanding by the prosecutors handling these cases.

Not at all. They know exactly what they are doing.

It isn't about them not understanding the intent of the law. It is about them understanding how to use the blunt tool of that law's language to satisfy their own objectives.

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And if it goes to trial, the jury's likely to think in terms of compromising on the multitude of charges (rather than outright rejection), in which case the defendant still goes to prison for many years.

This is the problem I have with the contrarian's position in all of these threads. As usual, the answer is somewhere in the middle.

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