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Comment #5058058
The DOJ lobbied for these laws and they routinely lobby to make sentencing more severe. They make the recommendations and congress implements.
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Comment #5058049
Look, the bigger problem is spending 10 years in jail and coming back to a society that has called you a con artist in national newspapers after the DOJ gets to talk with the press…
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Comment #5058032
Not really. Only for a crime like murder.
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Comment #5058016
No. Not federal felonies. Only state and under certain circumstances such as a person who is under 18.
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Comment #5058001
You're talking out of your butt.
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Comment #5057988
No I disagree with your statement entirely. He was trying to download scientific and court documents that were paid for with taxpayer money that are supposed to be FREE to the publ…
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Comment #5057959
Federal criminal charges don't get thrown out. That is very rare. The way the laws are written the feds were going to win. Aaron was trying to do something that should be legal, bu…
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Comment #5057867
The presence of a quota system that requires that the government bring a certain number of cases and provides bonuses and rewards connected to "bringing more cases" means that hono…