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As much as I like Malwaretech, and followed him long before WannaCry was around, stopping malware isn't a reason for a pardon. Arresting him by waiting until h
by lowpro 7y ago
As much as I like Malwaretech, and followed him long before WannaCry was around, stopping malware isn't a reason for a pardon.
Arresting him by waiting until he came to the US rather than issuing when they knew they wanted him should be a reason, or the fact that when the crimes were commited he was a minor. But being famous for stopping malware is no reason to pardon someone.
All the best to him though, I still can't believe it's legal to detain people for so long without a trial.
- nradov 7y agoPardons can be issued for any reason, or no reason. They are entirely at the discretion of the executive
- jessriedel 7y agoThat the executive has this power does not make it a good/just thing. Lowpro is discussing the latter.
- reitzensteinm 7y agoParent was arguing whether or not a pardon should be made, not whether it could be made, which or more or less orthogonal.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago> I still can't believe it's legal to detain people for so long without a trial. At least if the article is to be believed, this is probably partially on the defense, in terms of filing a lot of motions and so on. Apparently there are "complex legal issues" that could have been appealed. Wrangling all that takes time.
- solveit 7y agoThat the crimes were committed when he was a minor, and that he grew up and channeled his interest into becoming a highly productive member of society (as demonstrated by his work including stopping WannaCry) would be a very good reason for a pardon I think. I'm not sure how much we actually disagree, but while we're talking semantics I'd say stopping malware in this context is a reason for a pardon.
- Zanni 7y agoCrimes committed when he was ages 17-20, according to the article. He was only a minor for the first year.
- goatsi 7y ago>or the fact that when the crimes were commited he was a minor One of the charges he plead guilty to had him updating and still selling the banking malware in 2015, when he was 20, and was already acting publicly as a whitehat.
- chmod775 7y agoIn many places you can be tried as a minor even after turning 18.
- masonic 7y agoI still can't believe it's legal to detain people for so long without a trial. It isn't, unless the defense chooses to waive its right to a speedy trial for strategic reasons.