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Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by jamesaguilar on Friday November 15, 2013 @01:06PM (#6740967)
To me, it's not surprising that stealing a bunch of credit cards and secret documents gets you ten years (maximum, of which he'll probably serve three to five if this is anything like other crimes that are eligible for parole). But I'd welcome evidence that I'm miscalibrated.
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Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by koenigdavidmj on Friday November 15, 2013 @01:10PM (#6741002)
There is no parole in the federal system.
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Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by rayiner on Friday November 15, 2013 @01:34PM (#6741209)
No, but there are good time credits which will reduce it to a little over 8.5 years.
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Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by jamesaguilar on Friday November 15, 2013 @01:15PM (#6741043)
Ah, I misread. I thought it said, "He was sentenced to serve a maximum of ...", but actually it says, "He was sentenced to the maximum of ...". Ten years, then. Still not terribly surprising to me given what he did.
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