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LulzSec's Sabu To Be Sentenced In New York
DavidGilbert99 writes "Two and a half years after he was arrested at his New York apartment by the FBI, LulzSEc member-turned-FBI informant Hector Monsegur (aka Sabu) is set to be sentenced in the South District of New York court at 4pm local time on Monday where he could face up to 124 years in jail. However, following his cooperation with the US authorities, Monsegur is likely to get a much reduced sentence and could avoid jail completely. His sentencing has been adjourned numerous times for unknown reasons, and if the FBI have any more use for him, then we could see it delayed again."
Meanwhile getting drunk, driving a car and actually killing 4 people doing that gets no jail time at all. US law needs justice like a fish needs a bycicle.
The legally can since he agreed to be an informant. If he told them to piss off, the case would have been over months ago.
SJWs are the new boogeyman. -Me
Justice isn't revenge.
That part is often confused. There is difference between doing a crime by accident or via neglect, then doing it with intent.
Now I am not saying I agree with the judgment for the the drunk driving. As Drunk Driving is major neglect on part of the driver, and should deserve jail time, to pinpoint the seriousness of what he did. That said, those hackers went out to cause harm on a large scale, and they did.
Now just because we personally don't like the guys they harmed, doesn't make it right.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Precedence has no bearing on sentencing
--anonymous coward, legal expert
Just in from New York - Sabu's sentencing has been delayed once again without explanation http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lulzsecs-sabu-be-sentenced-new-york-1432049
"You are charged with being smarter than us and exposing our corruption."
well, that there is even debate that the possible sentence is between _zero_ years and 1.5 lifetimes should be enough to tell that something is quite fucked up in the legal system.
you shouldn't be forced to provide evidence for your prosecution and this pretty much is it - and if the crime really is so horrible as to require 124 years then one shouldn't be able to snitch out of it in the first place. fucked up on so many levels.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
Aaron Swartz was offered a plea deal to serve 3 months.
Edward Snowden played a chessmasters game in his defection and for it our government is left to do nothing more but ensure negative propaganda against him is dissemenated appropriately to all media outlets and further steps taken to mitigate a repeat performance. The only difference between a soviet system, the one we feared for 20 years, and our system, is that every 4 years we're burdened with the task of shuffling off to a school or church to apply our endorsement for a party. there are normally only ever two however.
You're naive if you believe this.
I live in Washington DC. There are city buses with "Thank you Edward Snowden!" advertisements on the sides, so big you can read it from a city block away, paid for by his supporters. There's an advertisement in the Pentagon subway station that says "Snowden honored his oath -- honor yours. Report unethical actions." with a URL.
Compare this to what happened in the Soviet Union -- you'd never see this in Moscow in the 1960's. Yes, there are things that aren't perfect in the US. Yes, our government does some scary, scummy, tyrannical things. But just because things aren't perfect doesn't mean that we're living in a totalitarian hell.
The consequences for normal people going to jail are bad. Aaron Swartz would have been hailed as a hero and had his pick of jobs.
My point is that writing "he was going to prison for over two decades" is misleading at best. He was going to trial by choice. Even if he had gone to trial, realistically he would have gotten at most a year or two.
*Buzzer sound* Thanks for playing.
If this teenager is deemed fit to drive a deadly weapon and thus assume the responsibility for all the split-second choices he's expected to make wisely, he's fit to be held accountable for choosing to drink before driving.
Requiem for the American Dream
I understand the 3rd point but it's not revenge, its still control AKA justice.
See this scenario: Man murders neighbour's family. Revenge would be for the justice system to murder his family. Instead we punish him to avoid further damages to society. Am I wrong in still thinking there's a clear line between revenge and justice?