CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporting Police Brutality

Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by DigitalSea on Sunday August 05, 2012 @06:12PM (#4342835)

Wow, to put this into perspective if you kill someone in Australia you're looking at a sentence of about 15 years in comparison to recording someone without their permission and getting 21 years... This is seriously a joke and given the outrage being generated by almost everyone you know he'll walk free. The fact CNN is writing about this and by the language used in the article they agree he shouldn't be jailed it'll be interesting to see what comes of all of this.

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Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by waiwai933 on Sunday August 05, 2012 @06:50PM (#4342934)

Not CNN. CNN iReport, which is citizen journalism; no editorial oversight or factchecking by CNN, just random Internet people posting stories.

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Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by marvin on Sunday August 05, 2012 @07:08PM (#4342967)

Also to put things in perspective, Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian terrorist who killed 69 teenagers last summer, will get a maximum of 21 years in prison. This is the highest sentence possible under Norwegian law.

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Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by jontas on Sunday August 05, 2012 @09:17PM (#4343305)

That isn't quite right. The 21 year sentence can be extended to keep him in prison for life [0].

He is not going to be walking out of jail free 21 years from now.

[0] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17724535

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Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by marvin on Monday August 06, 2012 @02:01AM (#4344000)

Yes, but the point was the "punishment" part is 21 years maximum. Any additional time will be only to protect the lives of other citizens.

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Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by spand on Monday August 06, 2012 @08:57AM (#4344970)

Not sure if its fair to call you out on this but what would any additional "punishment" bring anyone ? 21 years is a long long time.

Extending the prison term seems like the right way to go and keep the issues of punishment and safekeeping separate.

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Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by marvin on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @07:00AM (#4349502)

Yes, I agree with this. 20+ sentences seem redundant - anything more is basically a life sentence.

Don't know if you're from Norway, but Norwegian criminal law has a distinction between 21 years, which is the maximum sentence permitted by law, and "forvaring", which is explicitly defined as additional, indefinite custody with the express purpose of protecting society from violent criminals which have a very high risk of doing repeat offenses.

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