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IANAL but he’s awaiting trial for hacking, not being a journalist. Whether or not the charges are true will be one for the courts to figure out.
by iblaine 8y ago
IANAL but he’s awaiting trial for hacking, not being a journalist. Whether or not the charges are true will be one for the courts to figure out.
- taborj 8y agoIsn't his "crime" releasing documents that Manning stole? Manning, by the way, who had their sentence commuted by president Obama...
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- dragonwriter 8y ago> Isn't his "crime" releasing documents that Manning stole? No, releasing documents is not conduct that he is charged with. > Manning, by the way, who had their sentence commuted by president Obama... Commutation is not a pardon; it is merely a limitation on punishment. Now, a pardon still wouldn't invalidate the Assange charges, but the idea that the fact that a coconspirator got less punishment than their original sentence negates the validity of charges against someone else in the conspiracy is laughable.
- kpU8efre7r 8y agoExactly. It will be sorted out in court. I'm not sure what else people expect.
- kikoreis 8y agoUhhhh.. really?
- kpU8efre7r 8y agoThanks for the intelligent discourse. I take it you think my reply is silly? Yeah, sure, it could all be bullshit charges but the alternative is what? We just give people a pass?
- ryanlol 8y agoAre you sure? This seems to be a pretty big political issue in the UK. US doesn’t exactly have a strong track record of successfully extraditing people from the UK for hacking the military.
- kikoreis 8y agoI would not just trust the courts on this one. We should all care and protest where we can.
- FireBeyond 8y agoProtest what? Your assumption that this will be a show trial/ kangaroo court?
- travisoneill1 8y agoThe article goes to great length to show that the supposed crimes (except for the one password, maybe) are things that journalists do. It's even more shady because his co-conspirator, and the one who was charged with and convicted of the crimes that are unambiguously illegal, has been pardoned. edit: I don't really care about the difference between pardon an commuted sentence because they both are a get out of jail free card.
- wapoamspomw 8y ago>except for the one password If he did attempt to break the password hash, he conspired to hack military systems. I don't see why someone who attempted to break a password hash for access to classified documents shouldn't be prosecuted, journalist or not.
- ryanlol 8y agoWell, there are lots of jurisdictions in the world where it’s not a crime to conspire. Presumably there are quite a few reasonable people who disagree on the necessity of prosecuting “crimes” like this. Why’s your way the right way?
- wapoamspomw 8y agoWhat countries allow their journalists to attempt to hack the country's military without consequence?
- travisoneill1 8y agoWell this one apparently allows it's soldiers given the pardon of the co-conspirator. And, yes I think it should be severely punished in either case, but seeing both go free is a lot less scary than seeing unequal justice handed down because one was a thorn in the governments side.
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- burtonator 8y agoThis is why we have a justice system. He has the right of due process and a grand jury still has to decide if we should pursue the case.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> a grand jury still has to decide if we should pursue the case. A grand jury has already decided that: that's what an indictment means.
- marvindanig 8y ago> This is why we have a justice system. And by that you mean church?
- ChrisSD 8y agoTo be pedantic, he's awaiting sentencing for skipping bail and then an extradition request (or two, depending on how the Sweden situation pans out). He may or may not face trial for the alleged crimes.