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Some further follow-up and resolution of the case: https://www.databreaches.net/prosecution-drops-five-felony-charges-against-justin-shafer-accepts-plea-to-one

• hardlianotion 5y ago
  Thanks for the follow up link. The outcome is depressing and rather disturbing.
• getcrunk 5y ago
  Unbelievable. Poor guy went to jail! And was raided 2 more times. I actually want to cry
  • google234123 5y ago
    He sent intimidating messages to an FBI agents wife . That's stepping over some line Edit was wrong about the content of the message to the spouse
    • KennyBlanken 5y ago
      No. > The factual bases of the government’s bare bones indictment are a handful of public tweets; a Facebook friend request and message sent to a public Facebook account; the following of a public Twitter account;1 and two emails to an FBI Agent – one with a “?” emoji and another inquiring about the status of a report of a patient privacy violation. > The Defendant made no attempt to mask his identity, and the FBI never contacted the Defendant to express any concern or to ask him to stop his communications. Instead they arrested him. > And any claim that he engaged in a sustained course of conduct with a continuity of purpose to cyberstalk or threaten are ludicrous when compared to facts embodied in the case law regarding these statutes.
      • Goety 5y ago
        Wow so 8 mo in jail, his life gets ruined, and then they drop the larger charges? Sounds like they just wanted to ruin his life.
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        • WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
          > Sounds like they just wanted to ruin his life. When the powerful are embarrassed, ruining lives is only tool in the Federal LEO toolbox.
        • adultSwim 5y ago
          Just look what they did to Richard Jewell
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