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In the US, at least, private parties can not grant immunity from prosecution for a crime (only public prosecutors of the jurisdiction against whose laws the crime was committed can do that), and they may face legal jeopardy in agreeing, or even offering, not to report a crime in exchange for some good or service of value, as that is the definition of blackmail.


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