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Ex-SF Admin Terry Childs Gets 4-Year Sentence

Posted by timothy on from the if-only-he-knew-the-password-to-jail dept.

Robert McMillan writes "You remember Terry Childs, right? He was finally sentenced Friday. Childs got four years in prison for refusing to hand over passwords to his bosses. This is a denial of service under California law."

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  1. Re:So... by Sycraft-fu · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well Slashdot themselves had a good article they linked to (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/042910-terry-childs-juror-explains-why.html) some time back. Also, the case is most likely public record. So if you are interested in all the details you should be able to request copies of just about everything.

  2. Well as it happens by Sycraft-fu · · Score: 5, Informative

    Mr. Childs DID have a peer (or more realistically a better) on his jury. One of the jurors has a CCIE and works in network. See http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/042910-terry-childs-juror-explains-why.html for the details. Also remember that it takes only one juror for a mistrial. All jurors have to agree for a conviction.

    The problem is that he flat out broke the law, and it was pretty obvious he knew he was doing wrong, he just thought they couldn't touch him. He had become infected with the sysadmin diesase of thinking that he owned the systems and could do as he pleased, and that he could make himself indispensable.

    So sorry, but don't try and pass this off as "stupid jurors." The man had someone with the peak of network training sitting on his jury.