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Re:An Extortionist Has Been Making Life Hell for Bitcoin’s E... by murbard2 on Monday December 29, 2014 @01:52PM (#8811149)
Police officers can, and should, use their conscience to decide whether or not to enforce certain laws.

If you want a legal precedent, the Nuremberg trials somewhat settled that question.

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Re:An Extortionist Has Been Making Life Hell for Bitcoin’s E... by mercurial on Monday December 29, 2014 @02:42PM (#8811416)
Well, the likely continued impunity of the practitioners of "enhanced interrogation" means that it's a legal precedent that applies only to evil Nazis.
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