PGP Ruled as Relevant For Criminal Case

waytoomuchcoffee writes "A Minnesota appeals unamimously ruled in a child porn case that "the existence of an encryption program" on the defendants computer could be admitted as evidence of criminal intent. The article doesn't mention if this can be taken into account for sentencing too."

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Oh, this is just *swell*...

[cp.tar]

I have a penis*.

Therefore, in a rape case, this can be construed as criminal intent.
This is good news for all Slashdot users; now you are gong to have sex at least in the eyes of the law...

Furthermore, I normally keep my penis hidden in my pants, which obviously means I know that's wrong and am trying to hide it.
As a consequence, criminal intent could not be established for flashing pervs; they do not seem to be hiding anything, at least... so that's OK.

And to think I actually complain about Croatian judicial system, which is merely inefficient...

*This is not a latest discovery, nor bragging; I really do need that** to prove my point.
** Please stop that.