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A comment on GitHub deleted accounts of people who contributed to Tornado Cash repos. Parent comment

Re:GitHub deleted accounts of people who contributed to Torn... by ETH_start on Thursday August 11, 2022 @12:34AM (#32421629)
The prosecutors choose the charges, and did not have to choose charges that carried a maximum sentence of 35 years, which is almost a death sentence.
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Re:GitHub deleted accounts of people who contributed to Torn... by dcow on Thursday August 11, 2022 @07:03PM (#32432907)
What judge would have given the max sentence for this case?
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Re:GitHub deleted accounts of people who contributed to Torn... by ETH_start on Thursday August 11, 2022 @08:55PM (#32433666)
The judge doesn't have to give the max sentence for the charges the prosecutor chooses impacting the sentence given.
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