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Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by empath75 on Saturday September 07, 2019 @04:11PM (#20906188)
It’s not a theoretical question as to whether he was trafficking women. He had already been convicted of it! And was charged with it again.
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Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by nf8nnfufuu on Saturday September 07, 2019 @06:25PM (#20907021)
Why was he running around free then? Had he already passed his time in jail?
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Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by jacobolus on Saturday September 07, 2019 @06:29PM (#20907049)
> Why was he running around free then?

Because Bush-appointed US Attorney Alex Acosta (until recently Trump’s Secretary of Labor) made an illegal plea agreement to let Epstein off the hook and cover up the details of his criminality. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226577...

Some extremely rich and powerful men were among Epstein’s child-rapist co-conspirators, so there are strong pressures on law enforcement officials to sweep the whole thing under the rug.

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Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by sooheon on Sunday September 08, 2019 @08:09AM (#20910053)
Is this man being taken to trial? Or is resignation the only repercussion he'll face?
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Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by cjbprime on Saturday September 07, 2019 @06:29PM (#20907052)
Because of corruption. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/12/alex-acosta-...
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Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by pasquinelli on Saturday September 07, 2019 @07:57PM (#20907530)
He mostly served his sentence outside of jail actually
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