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A comment on DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Album, and $7.3M. Parent comment

Re:DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Alb... by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday December 02, 2017 @03:01AM (#15830843)
Honestly? If they can't legally prove the other stuff, then he shouldn't be prosecuted for it. Perverting justice in order to "catch the bad guy" is a terrible idea.
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Re:DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Alb... by fjsolwmv on Saturday December 02, 2017 @08:36PM (#15835506)
It's not perversion, it's discretion and judgment
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Re:DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Alb... by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday December 02, 2017 @09:29PM (#15835639)
Basing sentencing on a separate, unproven, crime is a complete perversion and betrayal of justice.
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Re:DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Alb... by cm2187 on Sunday December 03, 2017 @09:56AM (#15837787)
What about sentencing based on character? Two citizens commit the same crime and may get vastly different sentences. But that happens all the time.
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Re:DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Alb... by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday December 03, 2017 @10:11AM (#15837880)
And I condemn that by the same virtue.
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