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“If they undercharge it, he may plea open immediately and avoid a more serious charge,” Gorin said.

Still, the Smiths feared they were out of options until Madison’s mother happened to hear a podcast with a retired Utah detective talking about prosecutors who mishandle or undercharge sex-crime cases.

It also fueled expectations that Minnesota may more frequently bypass local prosecutors who activists complain undercharge police officers or don’t charge them at all.

While they could have pushed prices as high as demand would allow, they opted not to; it is hard to cut home prices down the road, Mr. Schell said, so it is better to undercharge during what he expects to be a short-term run-up.

“We continue to dramatically undercharge for Prime relative to the value we create for customers. That is the strategy.”