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He was being charged with the felony of downloading/distributing research done using public funding so that it could be made freely available to the taxpayers w
by w1ntermute 14y ago
He was being charged with the felony of downloading/distributing research done using public funding so that it could be made freely available to the taxpayers who funded it. JSTOR had no interest in prosecuting him, but the US Attorney's Office decided to go ahead anyway.
- optimiz3 14y agoThis would be a perfect opportunity for a White House pardon.
- tomjen3 14y agoThose are only available to the guilty.
- twoodfin 14y agoI assume you mean convicted, but Ford gave Nixon one.
- tomjen3 14y agoActually I do mean guilty, as I was under the impression that you have to accept your guilt before you could get a pardon.
- jlgreco 14y agoIs that the case in the US? My impression is that Ford gave Nixon a blanket pardon even though Nixon had not (yet, probably) been found guilty of anything.
- iso-8859-1 14y agoYou are correct: http://www.factcheck.org/2008/06/blanket-pardons/ http://www.factcheck.org/2008/06/blanket-pardons/
- icambron 14y agoA promise of a pardon would have done just as well, especially for federal prosecutors. The DOJ isn't going to make a big case out something their boss has promised to throw out. That said, the president being superinvolved in an ongoing case like that would be very strange.