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

Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by mseebach on Sunday August 05, 2012 @06:12PM (#4342837)

There's should and there's the law. More relevant here, is 21 years for recording a phone call a just sentence?

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Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by tptacek on Sunday August 05, 2012 @06:28PM (#4342879)

He hasn't been sentenced, nor is there any real chance that he faces a year in prison, let alone 21.

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Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by crafter on Sunday August 05, 2012 @06:39PM (#4342902)

How would you know what his chances are? You don't. No one does. It's a crap shoot (and a rediculous charge).

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Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by tptacek on Sunday August 05, 2012 @07:01PM (#4342954)

I'm going to go ahead and answer your first question with the obvious question: "what is the longest anyone has ever been imprisoned for recording a police officer?"

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