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The title intentionally makes it sound like the 14 years is an overreaction, so that your reaction is "wtf" and you click on the link. It also buries the fact t
by wayoutthere 7y ago
The title intentionally makes it sound like the 14 years is an overreaction, so that your reaction is "wtf" and you click on the link. It also buries the fact that the victim managed to wrestle the gun away and kill his attacker (who was the cousin of the man sentenced to 14 years in prison).
So yeah, he wasn't sentenced to 14 years for stealing a domain; he was sentenced to 14 years for concocting a criminal scheme that got his cousin killed. Which isn't quite as juicy as the mental image of some Instagram bro kidnapping and shooting some rando (the victim was shot in the leg during the struggle).
- ne0flex 7y agoAfter looking into the case a little more, it appears that Hopkins actually survived [1]. He was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. [1]https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/public-safety/cedar-rapids-man-sentenced-to-20-years-for-pistol-whipping-shooting-man-in-extortion-attempt-to-gain-ownership-of-internet-domain-20180613 https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/public-safety/cedar-...