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Re:3rd Circuit vacates Weev's conviction [pdf] by eli on Friday April 11, 2014 @12:54PM (#7574031)
He was incarcerated because a Grand Jury thought there was enough evidence to charge him.
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Re:3rd Circuit vacates Weev's conviction [pdf] by tptacek on Friday April 11, 2014 @02:05PM (#7574441)
In other words, he exceeded the "ham sandwich" threshold.
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Re:3rd Circuit vacates Weev's conviction [pdf] by anseljh on Friday April 11, 2014 @01:00PM (#7574073)
...and because another jury convicted him.
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Re:3rd Circuit vacates Weev's conviction [pdf] by rhizome on Friday April 11, 2014 @02:28PM (#7574573)
Maybe the prosecutors were just seeing what they could get away with. Hey, it beats working for a living.
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Re:3rd Circuit vacates Weev's conviction [pdf] by DominoTree on Friday April 11, 2014 @03:55PM (#7575194)
As someone who was questioned by the AUSA and FBI in front of that federal grand jury, from the onset of things, the prosecution wasn't interested in finding justice, only in twisting everyone's words as much as necessary to secure an indictment, and later, a conviction.
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