Judge Berates Prosecutors In Xbox Modding Trial

mrbongo writes with this excerpt from Wired: "Opening statements in the first-of-its-kind Xbox 360 criminal hacking trial were delayed here Wednesday after a federal judge unleashed a 30-minute tirade at prosecutors in open court, saying he had 'serious concerns about the government's case.' ... Gutierrez slammed the prosecution over everything from alleged unlawful behavior by government witnesses, to proposed jury instructions harmful to the defense. When the verbal assault finally subsided, federal prosecutors asked for a recess to determine whether they would offer the defendant a deal, dismiss or move forward with the case that was slated to become the first jury trial of its type. A jury was seated Tuesday."

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Better yet, prosecute those who modded mortgages

[digitaldc]

Prosecuting people for modding a video game console seems like a total waste of time, energy and resources.

Shouldn't we be focusing our attention on the Wall Street crooks who stole money through the home mortgage scandals?