Man sentenced to prison after assault of domain name owner who refused to sell

Re:Man sentenced to prison after assault of domain name owne... by walterkrankheit on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @08:21AM (#21752160)

I was also shocked. If only the Department of Justice could do, uh, justice to the story with some decent writing... this was way more engrossing than I thought it would be.

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Re:Man sentenced to prison after assault of domain name owne... by close04 on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @09:34AM (#21752766)

> The victim shot Hopkins multiple times in the chest.

I'm also impressed by the fact that the victim shot the attacker several times in the chest yet the attacker survived.

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Re:Man sentenced to prison after assault of domain name owne... by wizeman on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @10:18AM (#21753217)

I think the story implies that the attacker didn't survive, since it doesn't say anything about him being sentenced.

It was the attacker's cousin (who enlisted him to to perform the attack) that was sentenced.

Edit: a comment below mentions that the attacker indeed survived and was sentenced to 20 years: https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/public-safety/cedar-...

It's weird that the Department of Justice's article doesn't mention that...

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Re:Man sentenced to prison after assault of domain name owne... by t34543 on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @10:41AM (#21753449)

This is a PR article and not intended to be news. This is an ad for:

> This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). PSN is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts.

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Re:Man sentenced to prison after assault of domain name owne... by Rebelgecko on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @02:51PM (#21756164)

there's a longer writeup here: https://onezero.medium.com/the-influencer-and-the-hit-man-6c...

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