Firing her would give other prosecutors a reason to think twice about aggressively pursuing a case. Something along the lines of, "Ortiz was fired over this so

Firing her would give other prosecutors a reason to think twice about aggressively pursuing a case. Something along the lines of, "Ortiz was fired over this sort of thing; maybe I should not try to abuse the law the way she did." It might be overly optimistic to think that, but really, the government needs an occasional reminder that it serves the people and that angering us is a bad idea.