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Not to defend the author, but I think a more generous reading of this section from the blogpost: > A brief summary is that I'm currently serving prison time fo
by calmoo 1y ago
Not to defend the author, but I think a more generous reading of this section from the blogpost:
> A brief summary is that I'm currently serving prison time for poor decisions and lifestyle choices I made in my twenties, all related to drugs.
Is that their poor decisions were related to drugs.
- Hamuko 1y agoThe blog article that he links to has this in it: >My name is Preston Thorpe, I'm 31 years old and I've spent just under 10 years of my life in Prison (all for non-violent drug crimes.) https://pthorpe92.dev/intro/my-story/ https://pthorpe92.dev/intro/my-story/
- qualeed 1y agoSeems accurate. He was convicted of drug crimes, not assault. People are real quick to forget about innocent until proven guilty for some reason.
- dylan604 1y agoThere's also a difference of being guilty of doing something but never having charges brought against you. Many times in domestic violence cases we see the victim not press charges. It doesn't mean the victim was not the recipient of violence.
- qualeed 1y agoWhatever speculations you want to make, the person was not convicted of assault. It's not the place of random hacker news commenters to try to and hold assault against him because you think, after reading 2 minutes about the case, that he should have been convicted.
- dylan604 1y agoI never said anything about this specific case. Everything I said was generic differences between actually doing something and not having charges brought vs given the presumption of innocence while defense against charges.
- calmoo 1y agoStill accurate though
- riv991 1y agoIn his earlier blog post that this one links, he says: > I've spent just under 10 years of my life in Prison (all for non-violent drug crimes.)
- diggan 1y agoWhich doesn't seem to be wrong? At least from the linked document, he went to prison for non-violent drug crimes, unless I misunderstand what the document says?
- pookha 1y agoHim claiming he's in prison for non-violent crimes (like he's your local herb dealer) takes gumption...Authorities linked his Carfentanil escapades to several deaths.
- djrj477dhsnv 1y agoIndirectly causing a death doesn't make a crime violent. A doctor guilty of fatal negligence isn't a violent criminal either.