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Re:A 64-year-old put his life savings in his carry-on, and U... by stordoff on Friday June 01, 2018 @10:19PM (#17212249)
He wasn't jailed for "speaking about potential child grooming", he was jailed for jeopardising a trial. If you are speaking out against child grooming, doing so in a way that jeopardises trials is counter to your cause.

Furthermore, he had already received a suspended sentence for doing the same thing. He wasn't immediately jailed without warning.

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Re:A 64-year-old put his life savings in his carry-on, and U... by orf on Friday June 01, 2018 @08:37PM (#17211797)
No, he went to jail for directly disobeying a judge in the most direct and absolute way possible. Twice. The subject of the court case does not matter.

Also a chunk of those 13 months was from the previous suspended sentence for doing pretty much the same thing.

So yeah, I would definitely check where you get your facts from.

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