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Re:Indefinite prison for suspect who won’t decrypt hard driv... by nickff on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @01:28PM (#11715488)
This is a good point, and someone should appeal this type of punishment without jury trial.
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Re:Indefinite prison for suspect who won’t decrypt hard driv... by tptacek on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @01:31PM (#11715522)
This is a very old legal debate. It can be resolved politically by passing statutes limiting the application of contempt rules, but that seems unlikely to happen soon.
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