Re:Megaupload programmer goes to prison for one year
by aw3c2 on Monday February 16, 2015 @06:40AM
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http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-imprisoners-dilemma/ has this creepy chart https://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/roed...
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Re:Megaupload programmer goes to prison for one year
by hippich on Monday February 16, 2015 @07:50AM
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I think this is because of "war on drugs." Officials decides that drug sellers and drug users are danger to the society, and therefore locked away (i will not argue about dangers, just stating what Nixon and most of officials did)
Re:Megaupload programmer goes to prison for one year
by task_queue on Monday February 16, 2015 @11:15AM
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Three strike laws, zero tolerance, the War on Drugs and prison profiteering have resulted in a generations of poor or black males who will spend the majority of their adult lives in prison.
Re:Megaupload programmer goes to prison for one year
by jacquesm on Monday February 16, 2015 @07:17AM
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That's absolutely shocking.
Re:Megaupload programmer goes to prison for one year
by innguest on Monday February 16, 2015 @09:42AM
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It started to go up right after the dollar being unpegged from gold. Crime going up could be related, in this case, to jobs being lost as the currency goes haywire everywhere. See this very convincing chart for instance, where it is clear job reallocation was going on full-force: http://www.edmundconway.com/2015/02/the-worst-goods-trade-ba...