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Re:'Revenge porn’ site runner gets 18 years in prison by martin1975 on Saturday April 04, 2015 @03:19AM (#9320254)
USA is one country under God, for liberty and justice for all... that includes the asshole who abused these women's privacy - which isn't only illegal, but immoral as well. He deserves to do time.

Having said that, 18 years does seem unusually harsh, as I know countries where the maximum penalty for murder is 25 years, 7 over and above what this guy got. Chances are the sentencing will be appealed and/or he will be able to get out on parole probably within a fraction of his sentence.

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Re:'Revenge porn’ site runner gets 18 years in prison by coldtea on Saturday April 04, 2015 @05:37AM (#9320455)
>USA is one country under God, for liberty and justice for all... that includes the asshole who abused these women's privacy

You conflate justice with punishment, when the whole premise of the parent comment what that such a term is not "just".

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Re:'Revenge porn’ site runner gets 18 years in prison by martin1975 on Monday April 06, 2015 @02:21AM (#9326878)
Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical - Blaise Pascal

They are necessarily conflated.

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