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Teen Sentenced for Releasing Variant of Blaster Worm
ScentCone writes "Minnesota teen Jeffrey Lee Parsons got a year and half for releasing a Blaster variant. The lightweight sentence was due, said the judge, to the parents' neglect. Quoting the judge: 'It's not a healthy thing to lock yourself in a room and create your own reality.' Which means most slashdotters basically have a get out of jail free card."
From the article: The Internet "has created a dark hole, a dungeon if you will, for people who have mental illnesses or people who are lonely," Pechman said.
Well, gee, welcome to Slashdot!! ; )
On a more serious note, I'm not sure our judges should really be handing out extra-light sentences to people they believe are deranged. SAT classes? Scary stuff. This seems like a slap on the wrist for someone who caused such a tremendous amount of damage. It sets a bad example for other script kiddies.
I don't know that it makes any difference, but if anyone wants to express their outrage in the "real world", here's her address:
U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman
U.S. District Court
U.S. Courthouse
1010 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Geeks are prime targets. 18 months is more than enough time, heck 18 hours is more than enough time to be victimized. Some people get abused before they are even tried.
See this website http://www.spr.org/
Just because it CAN be done, doesn't mean it should!
I'm not sure how it works is his state, but 18 months in California generally works like this:
- 1-3 months in County jail awaiting transport
- Remaining 15-17 months can actually be served as 1/3 time, given good behavior. That leaves about 5 -6 months left
Total time: around 7 or 8 months.
Which sentence are you talking about for Mitnick? The one that made him famous was a 7 years stint from 1995 to 2002.
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