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My question is based on a famous movie "Inception". Lemme remind you the plot:

Mr. Cobb (Di Caprio, mind hacker) is a fugitive wanted for murder of his wife in the U.S., likely with an Interpol Red Notice or a federal warrant, which would flag him in international law enforcement databases like those used by U.S. Customs Service. (the factual thing - he didn't kill her, but the court decided otherwise). So he can't get back to US to his kids.

Saito, as a multi-billionaire with global connections, has the resources to manipulate legal, political, or bureaucratic systems.

In a movie he promises Cobb to solve his legal problems in US if he helps him to remove his competitor. **My question: how in theory could a person like Saito do it in a real world?

P.S. And yes - in a movie he does it with one phone call, but let's not pay attention to this, we can look at this just like at final confirmation and the whole process let's say took weeks.

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    Other than by funding a lawyer and/or lobbying for Cobb? Illegal methods are beyond the scope of this stack. Commented Jul 14, 2025 at 18:29

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This answers the first version of the question. The question has since significantly changed, and continues to evolve.

If, as your title states ("In Inception, How Does Saito Fix Cobb’s Murder Charge?"), you're asking how Saito, in universe, actually solved Cobb's legal problems, that is better asked at Movies & TV Stack Exchange, but as far as I can tell, it is not explained.

If you're instead just asking (as your second-to-last paragraph states) the general question of how one could influence, via "[l]egal plus maybe illegal" means, someone's criminal jeopardy, there are various ways, some of which are more permanently effective than others. For example:

  • influence over prosecutorial decision-making, including through bribes or political pressure
  • influence over a pardon power (e.g.)
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  • I changed the title to make sure it's not about movie Universe Commented Jul 12, 2025 at 18:00
  • "influence over prosecutorial decision-making, including through bribes or political pressure influence over a pardon power " - of course, But I am curious of technical details of such decision making and concrete legal steps his people or legal firm would have to go through Commented Jul 12, 2025 at 18:07
  • @Groovy: All Saito needs to do is get a message to the prosecutor that the charges should be dropped. The prosecutor, assuming they're cooperative, and their office would take care of everything else. Saito doesn't need any of his own lawyers involved; best if they're kept far away from anything unethical like this. Commented Jul 13, 2025 at 2:49
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Nothing legal

While prosecutors have the discretion to drop charges, judges can dismiss charges, and the relevant Governor can grant a pardon, doing any of those things as a ‘favor’ to Saito (or anyone else) is illegal corruption.

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