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Re:Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office by temphn on Sunday January 13, 2013 @12:23AM (#5050068)
This is apologism for untrammeled abuse of power. He was being threatened with 35 years in federal prison for downloading some PDFs! He would have been 61 when he got out. They would have taken away 40-50% of his life.

Sometimes it is better to live free or die. The people who need "counseling" are Ortiz, Heymann, and the inhumane who'd defend or excuse this travesty. Just following orders, blind legalism.

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Re:Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office by Kylekramer on Sunday January 13, 2013 @12:42AM (#5050097)
And the hyperbole is back. He hadn't been convicted and would never have served anything close to 35 years even if he was.
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Re:Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office by temphn on Sunday January 13, 2013 @05:01AM (#5050435)
Oh, right. He wouldn't have gotten 35 years, only a felony conviction with 5-10 years in federal prison for downloading some pdfs. So hyperbolic to be enraged about this!
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Re:Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office by lclarkmichalek on Sunday January 13, 2013 @06:42AM (#5050575)
Get used to the hyperbole. This issue has made HN completely insane it seems.
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