Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak

Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by ry0ohki on Friday November 15, 2013 @01:14PM (#6741035)

I'm surprised he got the maximum sentence after pleading guilty. Isn't the whole point of pleading guilty to get a lesser sentence?

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Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by andrewfong on Friday November 15, 2013 @01:26PM (#6741131)

Being repentant helps if you're trying to get a lesser sentence. Pleading guilty and being proud of it ... probably less so.

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Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by gknoy on Friday November 15, 2013 @02:15PM (#6741464)

You __hope__ to get one. If there's no plea bargain on the table, you're likely screwed.

I'd say it's probably accurate to say that you're almost-completely screwed if you are even in a scenario where you have to consider a plea bargain, of course.

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Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by ry0ohki on Friday November 15, 2013 @02:40PM (#6741631)

Why not roll the dice and go not guilty then?

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Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by steveklabnik on Friday November 15, 2013 @05:27PM (#6742582)

Guilty: 5-10 years

Not Guilty: 0 - 100 years

(These numbers totally made up, just to illustrate a point)

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Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by ry0ohki on Saturday November 16, 2013 @11:45AM (#6745359)

But it said he got the maximum sentence? It doesn't say in the article, but maybe there were other charges dropped in exchange for him pleading guilty to the one?

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Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by steveklabnik on Sunday November 17, 2013 @06:00PM (#6751463)

He got the maximum with his plea bargain, without a bargain it could have been higher.

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