Re:Javice and the Data Science Professor Create Fake Customers
by bee_rider on Saturday January 14, 2023 @01:26PM
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I’m pretty sure creating a weapon like that would make you an accomplice at least, maybe a co-conspirator…
Re:Javice and the Data Science Professor Create Fake Customers
by scotty79 on Saturday January 14, 2023 @02:05PM
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I have no idea how guns and knives manufacturers stay out of jail then.
No, seriously. How?
How Smith & Wesson is not held accountable as an accomplice to all murders committed with their products? I'm not opposed to that, but I want to know how it's possible to avoid it in practice.
Re:Javice and the Data Science Professor Create Fake Customers
by ProjectArcturis on Saturday January 14, 2023 @02:12PM
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>If your employer tells you to build a knife why would you be held responsible for him stabbing someone or themselves? Even if they bragged to you that exactly what they are going to do.
This exactly fits the description of abetting a crime: "A charge of aiding and abetting has three requirements. First, someone else must have committed a crime. Second, the defendant must have assisted that person in the commission of the crime. Third, the defendant must have had knowledge of that person's criminal intent or criminal plans." https://www.justia.com/criminal/offenses/inchoate-crimes/aid...
A prosecutor could argue that a VP engineer who made up all those fake identities must have known the reason for it was fraudulent.
I think "they told me to do it" is perfectly reasonable defence in this case.
If your employer tells you to build a knife why would you be held responsible for him stabbing someone or themselves? Even if they bragged to you that exactly what they are going to do.
I think then engineer in question shown very high morals, way above their pay grade and deserves respect.