usually you can cut a deal before a trial starts where you get a reduced sentence by admitting guilt and avoiding an unnecessary trial. going to trial is a gamble. for the prosecution and the defense
but if the evidence stacked against you is quite damning, it's a bad gamble with the odds highly against you. you should have settled beforehand
in the case i was on, the proof against the guy was airtight and clear. but the defense hinged upon his buddy's involvement mitigating his guilt ( i don't want to get into details, it would probably identify the case)
working very hard to make the rest of the world look so much more attractive and superior to the chinese approach to the internet
1. people go overseas
2. people use VPNs at workplaces with foreing interests that have carve outs from the anti-proxty, anti-VPN chinese efforts aimed at regular people
3. people get access in new ways more nimble than chinese bureaucrats can whack-a-mole
no one is fooled. everyone sees a degraded experience because of the insecurity of totalitarian assholes. disgust and hatred of the chinese government by regular chinese people is increased
good job china!
such "harmony"!
more like the government is feeding a pressure cooker of resentment and frustration. morons
i would characterize the defense lawyers as having sold the accused on a harebrained defense strategy
when the evidence was overwhelming and unambiguous, and we quickly found him guilty
i wouldn't be surprised that the novelty of ulbricht's case excited some defense lawyers at some angles they wanted to explore, and ulbricht put faith in their excitement, to naught
(btw, from reading TFA, ulbricht still has additional murder-for-hire charges facing him at another trial)
There is also a murder-for-hire charge looming large for Ulbricht in Maryland courts relating to what prosecutors say was an attempted—but failed—hit placed on a former employee. The supposed hitman was actually an undercover agent, and the murder, which cost $80,000, was allegedly staged with fake blood and photographed for Ulbricht’s approval.
they'll probably still try him
but indeed, it's rather pointless, with the other charges he's not getting out of prison regardless
our healthcare system sucks because we tolerate these parasites on our system that have to "profit" for some reason. there's no competition. so they just siphon profit and buy off our legislators and regulators to keep the money train flowing
they are natural monopolies
they are monopolies alone, no government needed to make them
you don't spend billions to build a hospital across the street from another. there's no free market. we're not talking about nail salons
you don't go shopping for an oncologist based on cost. you don't shop around for hospitals while you are having a heart attack. there's no capitalism here
so we need government control, rather than make believing a magic free market fairy fixes things
i'm not a socialist or a statist. specifically on the topic of natural monopolies *alone*, universal payer is the least worst option
citation: all of our social and economic peers: uk, canada, japan, germany, australia, etc: they spend far less on healthcare, and have higher quality healthcare. and it's all government controlled
our bullshit system persists because our government is corrupted. we need to fix the corruption, then kick out the parasites
i've been commenting on slashdot for years. there's always this steady drip of comments from grammar (punctuation?) nazis like yourself. do you see me changing or caring?
if you don't like the formatting of my comment, don't read it. i don't owe you anything. you're not paying me
this is an informal comment board, not a doctoral thesis. get over yourself
By the early 1890s, the Pinkerton National Detective Agency employed more agents than there were members of the standing army of the United States of America.
During the labor strikes of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, businessmen hired the Pinkerton Agency to infiltrate unions, supply guards, keep strikers and suspected unionists out of factories, as well as recruiting goon squads to intimidate workers. One such confrontation was the Homestead Strike of 1892, in which Pinkerton agents were called in to reinforce the strikebreaking measures of industrialist Henry Clay Frick, acting on behalf of Andrew Carnegie.[citation needed] The ensuing battle between Pinkerton agents and striking workers led to the deaths of seven Pinkerton agents and nine steelworkers.[4] The Pinkertons were also used as guards in coal, iron, and lumber disputes in Illinois, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia as well as the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 and the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921. The organization was pejoratively called the "Pinks" by its opponents.
now remember dick cheney and his adventure with blackwater
weaken the government and blackwater expands exponentially, and corporate goons are now stepping on your throat: "get back to work slave, i mean citizen. if you have a problem with our enforcement activities, please see the corporation owned courts, or attempt to fight our legion of well-funded lawyers when you can barely get enough to eat, because we've let 'the market decide' your salary"
you look around the world at kleptocracies, warlords, mafias... you really fucking believe government has a monopoly on force?
if there is no government army, it's not suddenly peace and happiness, it's fucking hell
where do you morons come from with your bullshit unexamined beliefs?
you guys understand the concept of a natural monopoly so much better than americans
in the usa we believe letting a rent seeking parasite siphon more money for shoddier service, and buying off our government to keep the arrangement, such as with healthcare, is "capitalism." and anyone who suggests dealing with natural monopolies as they should be dealt with: government control or heavily regulated, as you describe, is "evil socialism"
additionally, no one wants their roads constantly dug up by various companies all the time, or the poles by their house an ugly rats nest of various cables
better: one cable, fractionally leased
as tech improves and one cable means much more bandwidth, government progressively upgrades the single cable, and has more bandwidth to lease
government should build and maintain the fiber, and companies should lease it for any and every service, comprehensive or fractional, that the free market commands
the current american system is a fucking joke- there's no competition in wireline because the barrier to entry is too high, it's just too expensive to build the shit
so we have a monopoly. it should be the government that governs it. because letting an economic parasite drain us like a vampire for shoddy service is certainly worse than any criticism you want to level at government, and competition from google isn't coming for another 40-50 years to your town
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usually you can cut a deal before a trial starts where you get a reduced sentence by admitting guilt and avoiding an unnecessary trial. going to trial is a gamble. for the prosecution and the defense
but if the evidence stacked against you is quite damning, it's a bad gamble with the odds highly against you. you should have settled beforehand
in the case i was on, the proof against the guy was airtight and clear. but the defense hinged upon his buddy's involvement mitigating his guilt ( i don't want to get into details, it would probably identify the case)
horrible gamble
working very hard to make the rest of the world look so much more attractive and superior to the chinese approach to the internet
1. people go overseas
2. people use VPNs at workplaces with foreing interests that have carve outs from the anti-proxty, anti-VPN chinese efforts aimed at regular people
3. people get access in new ways more nimble than chinese bureaucrats can whack-a-mole
no one is fooled. everyone sees a degraded experience because of the insecurity of totalitarian assholes. disgust and hatred of the chinese government by regular chinese people is increased
good job china!
such "harmony"!
more like the government is feeding a pressure cooker of resentment and frustration. morons
think about what you are saying, then post. you're completely wrong
1. in ulbricht's case, the state level is the murder-for-hire charge
the federal level is all the other charges he was just found guilty of. no overlap
2. in gifford's case mentioned by sycraft-fu, the feds prosecute the shots fired at the congresswoman and the federal judge
and the state prosecutes the shots fired at the other people, who are not federal employees. again, no overlap
there's no double jeopardy, none
i only read half of your comment and then immediately started replying to you with insults, you rat butt
am i redeemed?
i apologize, it's in TFA, and i finally read it
he's being tried on murder-for-hire separately:
http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
good point
i was on a murder trial jury
i would characterize the defense lawyers as having sold the accused on a harebrained defense strategy
when the evidence was overwhelming and unambiguous, and we quickly found him guilty
i wouldn't be surprised that the novelty of ulbricht's case excited some defense lawyers at some angles they wanted to explore, and ulbricht put faith in their excitement, to naught
(btw, from reading TFA, ulbricht still has additional murder-for-hire charges facing him at another trial)
i finally read TFA, you are correct:
they'll probably still try him
but indeed, it's rather pointless, with the other charges he's not getting out of prison regardless
http://www.dailydot.com/crime/...
they were dropped
lack of evidence?
i haven't been following closely, does anyone know why those charges went away?
Firefoam Man?
Perfluoro Carlton?
Teflon Ted?
In all serious, finding novel compounds is interesting and important, but not in your own blood.
government sucks
it's just that the world sucks even more without it
congratulations, that's the most retarded thing i've read this year
our healthcare system sucks because we tolerate these parasites on our system that have to "profit" for some reason. there's no competition. so they just siphon profit and buy off our legislators and regulators to keep the money train flowing
they are natural monopolies
they are monopolies alone, no government needed to make them
you don't spend billions to build a hospital across the street from another. there's no free market. we're not talking about nail salons
you don't go shopping for an oncologist based on cost. you don't shop around for hospitals while you are having a heart attack. there's no capitalism here
so we need government control, rather than make believing a magic free market fairy fixes things
i'm not a socialist or a statist. specifically on the topic of natural monopolies *alone*, universal payer is the least worst option
citation: all of our social and economic peers: uk, canada, japan, germany, australia, etc: they spend far less on healthcare, and have higher quality healthcare. and it's all government controlled
our bullshit system persists because our government is corrupted. we need to fix the corruption, then kick out the parasites
the lawyer seeks out the victim
if you ever are the victim of a newsworthy accident/ crime, you will get cold called by a number of lawyers, who want to represent you pro bono
because such cases gild their CV, get their name out there. free advertising
some lawyers, they seek out interesting strange and noteworthy cases only. out of ego, fame, crank cause, adrenaline, hero complex, whatever:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
etc.
you mean you're a hopeless idealist who think things have to be perfect?
i'm glad you agree we need to get rid of corruption
but i'm mystified how you think the country's obvious success has nothing to do with democracy, however imperfectly implemented
i've been commenting on slashdot for years. there's always this steady drip of comments from grammar (punctuation?) nazis like yourself. do you see me changing or caring?
if you don't like the formatting of my comment, don't read it. i don't owe you anything. you're not paying me
this is an informal comment board, not a doctoral thesis. get over yourself
yes, exactly
and that's exactly the next step with a weakened government: corporation owned armies abusing you with no recourse for your rights
oh, i'm making that up? it's science fiction?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...
now remember dick cheney and his adventure with blackwater
weaken the government and blackwater expands exponentially, and corporate goons are now stepping on your throat: "get back to work slave, i mean citizen. if you have a problem with our enforcement activities, please see the corporation owned courts, or attempt to fight our legion of well-funded lawyers when you can barely get enough to eat, because we've let 'the market decide' your salary"
you look around the world at kleptocracies, warlords, mafias... you really fucking believe government has a monopoly on force?
if there is no government army, it's not suddenly peace and happiness, it's fucking hell
where do you morons come from with your bullshit unexamined beliefs?
we have competing ambulance services here in the usa too
but they will take you to a further away hospital they have financial agreements with (fuck your actual health emergency)
and if you don't have insurance you get a life destroying huge bill (because health insurance is a "choice")
agreed (with the european part, fuck your grammar demands)
http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
you really can't conceive of the simple obvious fact that running all that fiber is fucking expensive?
oh, EUR, euro
you guys understand the concept of a natural monopoly so much better than americans
in the usa we believe letting a rent seeking parasite siphon more money for shoddier service, and buying off our government to keep the arrangement, such as with healthcare, is "capitalism." and anyone who suggests dealing with natural monopolies as they should be dealt with: government control or heavily regulated, as you describe, is "evil socialism"
propagandized morons
additionally, no one wants their roads constantly dug up by various companies all the time, or the poles by their house an ugly rats nest of various cables
better: one cable, fractionally leased
as tech improves and one cable means much more bandwidth, government progressively upgrades the single cable, and has more bandwidth to lease
i see that as a half measure but i still approve, it is an improvement over the status quo elsewhere. how expensive is your cable bill?
and that's exactly how wireline should work
government should build and maintain the fiber, and companies should lease it for any and every service, comprehensive or fractional, that the free market commands
the current american system is a fucking joke- there's no competition in wireline because the barrier to entry is too high, it's just too expensive to build the shit
so we have a monopoly. it should be the government that governs it. because letting an economic parasite drain us like a vampire for shoddy service is certainly worse than any criticism you want to level at government, and competition from google isn't coming for another 40-50 years to your town