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He was threatened with 30 years so he took a plea-deal. It is a shame he was denied a trial. May or may not have been guilty - taking a plea under such extrem
by marlinspire 12y ago
He was threatened with 30 years so he took a plea-deal.
It is a shame he was denied a trial.
May or may not have been guilty - taking a plea under such extreme duress is hardly an admission of guilt.
- higherpurpose 12y agoYet people here keep defending these ridiculous charges because they "don't matter", and "aren't real anyway". Yeah, tell that to the person that had to hear that charge and then got scared shitless into accepting "only 2 years" of prison time.
- spacemanmatt 12y agoI haven't seen that. Prosecutorial abuse is better understood around HN than most of society, that I've seen. YMMV.
- Zigurd 12y agoHey! He wasn't driven to suicide so it's a success story.