>>> Is unreasonable sentencing a good "deterrent"? Your statement is debatable, but since Federal Sentencing Guidelines are set by the United States Sentencing

>>> Is unreasonable sentencing a good "deterrent"? Your statement is debatable, but since Federal Sentencing Guidelines are set by the United States Sentencing Commission, we don't have much say either way. It's debatable because most states don't prosecute computer crimes and simply pass the cases to the Feds for a number of reasons. Had Hammond been tried in a state court, there is a high probability his sentence would be a lot less. Also you have to take into effect how the feds should combat the increasing issue of hacktivism without steep jail times. I seriously don't have any answers, but I'd be interested to find out how you think you can stop this sort of stuff from happening again.