re: Wife involved in hit-and-run

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You're offering a settlement or you will use the legal system.

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This is only legal if you threaten them with a civil suit.

You can't threaten conditional action with criminal stuff. You can't offer/request anything in exchange for not taking action criminally.

As my cite stated earlier:

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It is extortion if the defendant tells the victim that they will call the police and accuse them of breaking the law if the victim doesn’t pay him money or do something for him. It is illegal to get paid off to not turn someone in.

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