<story><title>Ex-Professor Says Dismissed Racketeering Case Is Still ‘Devastating’</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/09/business/joy-laskar-georgia-tech-racketeering-case.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>srtjstjsj</author><text>The original story explains how this was likely a jealous colleague at GT, who called in the state guns to get revenge. The prosecutor&amp;#x27;s extreme delay and then &amp;quot;accidentally&amp;quot; losing the case on a &amp;quot;miscalculation&amp;quot; of statue of limitations was because they had no case and were too embarrassed to admit it.&lt;p&gt;If there were justice here, charges would be brought against whoever in the university demanded this malicious false prosecution.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ex-Professor Says Dismissed Racketeering Case Is Still ‘Devastating’</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/09/business/joy-laskar-georgia-tech-racketeering-case.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rl3</author><text>&amp;gt;&lt;i&gt;For one thing, a state grand jury didn’t indict him on racketeering charges until late December 2014, more than four and a half years after the raids on Dr. Laskar’s home and office in May 2010.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;The delay in indictment aside, it appears they&amp;#x27;ve been holding his personal devices hostage for nearly seven years now.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;i&gt;He had previously remained silent to avoid antagonizing prosecutors, who still hold family items with sentimental value, like a laptop with the only copies of childhood photographs of Dr. Laskar’s three daughters and an unfinished novel by his wife.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically, not speaking up offers the prosecutors more incentive to retain possession, especially if they know that&amp;#x27;s the reason for the silence.&lt;p&gt;Device seizure without prompt imaging and return of the hardware is bullshit in all but the most grievous cases (e.g. terrorism).&lt;p&gt;While many people who have been through extended litigation or criminal proceedings just want it to end, it seems like this guy was railroaded pretty hard.&lt;p&gt;Does he have cause to sue the state, university, or both?</text></comment>