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The former visual arts and film professor, whose contract was not renewed by MIT in 2011, said he had no regrets and wasn’t afraid he would do hard time. “This
by cperciva 12y ago
The former visual arts and film professor, whose contract was not renewed by MIT in 2011, said he had no regrets and wasn’t afraid he would do hard time. “This latest project is akin to ‘bank robbing for dummies,’ ” he said, noting that he expects to get probation.
Rather than probation, I think he's more likely to get locked up in a psych ward. There's definitely something going wrong in this guy's head.
- Mandatum 12y agoHe wasn't violent so I don't think he'd need to be locked up in a psych ward, just maybe required to see a psychologist a few times a week.
- Zikes 12y ago[Bank] robberies work because they imply violence will occur if their demands are not met, hence the bit about the obvious fear from the first teller.
- fiatmoney 12y agoJudges & juries really, really hate reasoning like that.
- rab_oof 12y agoDefinitely playing Russian roulette with a loaded justice system. May skate on the (arguable) basis of "white male privilege" and possible lack of prior convictions. IANAL, but I would play on empathy for an retiring, unaccomplished non-professor risking ignominy for ignescence... Dude was just deperate for attention. (Making an example of him wouldn't necessarily deter folks because they would throw their lives away anyhow... Making an example rarely does anything other than rationalize malicious sentencing.)