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I'm trying to understand how Gaskill is being charged, here. He gave a different address to avoid being swatted himself. It is now "conspiracy, wire fraud, and
by daxorid 8y ago
I'm trying to understand how Gaskill is being charged, here.
He gave a different address to avoid being swatted himself. It is now "conspiracy, wire fraud, and obstruction of justice" to exercise one's instinct of self-preservation?
Can someone with a better handle of the law than myself explain how Gaskill's actions are unlawful?
- dresstotheleft 8y agoSounds like he knew the address he gave was going to be swatted and intentionally gave a valid address of someone else. A rational person would have just not answered the question.
- loeg 8y agoThat's not what he was charged with, AFAICT. That would be manslaughter or something along those lines, right? I think he's getting charged entirely for the cover-up.
- mahart 8y agoHe instructed other people to delete tweets/messages after learning someone died to cover up what happened. That seems like obstruction and conspiracy to me. I think it is a stretch to call tweeting a wrong address "wire fraud" though.
- loeg 8y agoI think his main crimes are conspiring(1) to delete evidence(2) (obstruction). I'm not sure what "wire fraud" is for — maybe just by virtue of (1) and (2) being done online instead of by phone, letter, or in person.