How often is this some govt prosecutor trying to save face after realizing they were wrong? I.e., okay you're not a criminal but how about you say you didn't dot your i's and cross your t's in some bullshit paperwork and we won't drag you though legal hell so that I get to tell my boss I didn't completely waste the government's time?
Worth noting that the professor spent more than a year in jail, without conviction, for accusations based on his ethnicity.
‘Murica.
Ah yes, American Freedom(tm)
Oh yeah, great point you're making there. This type of thing never happens anywhere else.