I wish people would stop saying the prosecution dropped charges. Diddy was never actually charged with kidnapping or arson, those were previously theories of guilt the jury could consider in finding him guilty (or not guilty) of RICO. The RICO charges (and the others) still stand. The prosecution just simplified the case by reducing the number of possible predicate RICO theories for the jury to consider, they can still consider bribery and other predicates. I wish they prosecution would not have overreached on the predicates in the first place. They are causing confusion by reducing the possible theories after introducing evidence on the ones that no longer apply.