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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…