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That's one thing that might happen. Another is that he might plead guilty and we'll never know whether he was guilty or innocent (but threatened with consequen
by mjw1007 9y ago
That's one thing that might happen.
Another is that he might plead guilty and we'll never know whether he was guilty or innocent (but threatened with consequences he didn't feel he could risk).
- chronic8k 9y agoWhich of the two outcomes do you prefer to happen: 1. True malware creator and seller is sent to prison. 2. True malware creator and seller is not sent to prison. Whether he pleads guilty or not has nothing to do with him being a security researcher. I'd much rather have more false positives than false negatives. You, and the rest of Europe, would too.
- DuskStar 9y agoUm. I would much rather have false negatives than false positives in criminal cases, thanks. "it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer" Also, you've got this wonderful dichotomy laid out, but there are other options too: for instance, that this guy is sent to prison but was not the creator of the malware, thus ending any chance of the true creator ever being caught.
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- eecc 9y agoUntil it's your sorry ass that gets booted to the slammer. Unless of course you're so mediocre that you'll never ever risk doing anything even remotely significant; in which case, whatever.
- baudehlo 9y agoI really hope that last statement isn't true. Do you have any idea how horrible being in prison is when you are innocent? Your values are twisted if you think the innocent having their lives ruined is better than a criminal going free.
- vkou 9y ago> Another is that he might plead guilty and we'll never know whether he was guilty or innocent Yes, that might happen. Taking that position to its logical conclusion, nobody should be indicted for anything. There are serious problems with the US justice system. As far as I can tell, there is nothing at face value that's unreasonable about this indictment.
- mjw1007 9y agoI'm never entirely sure what people mean by "taking something to its logical conclusion", but if you mean something like "giving that consideration the greatest possible weight" I think where you end up is "end all reductions in sentence for pleading guilty", not "nobody should be indicted for anything".