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Re:Aaronsw indicted for hacking MIT network to download mill... by Zak on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @05:16PM (#2783115)
Unless JSTOR is itself at risk of prosecution for something, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me that they'd care how Federal prosecutors felt about their public statements.
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Re:Aaronsw indicted for hacking MIT network to download mill... by wnoise on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @06:47PM (#2783465)
Everybody is at risk for federal prosecution. Everybody.

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/... http://www.threefelonies.com/Youtoo/tabid/86/Default.aspx

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Re:Aaronsw indicted for hacking MIT network to download mill... by jmaygarden on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @11:08PM (#2784149)
I immediately thought of that book as well. As Silverglate frequently points out, the federal attorney is using extreme penalties to force a plea deal in this case. It's de facto denial of a fair trial when the Sword of Damocles (i.e. 35 years in prison) is hanging over your head.
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