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Silicon Valley CEO Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Abusing His Wife

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Re: Silicon Valley CEO Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Abusing His Wife

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Post by samfisher83 »

>The prosecutor in the case, Assistant District Attorney Steve Fein, described the plea deal to The Daily Beast as a fair outcome, noting that accessory after the fact is also a felony, though not a violent one that would place Gattani at risk of being deported back to his native India.

>Fein noted that the plea calls for a six-month jail term, though only 30 days of actual incarceration, with the balance served in the weekend-work program, doing manual labor for eight-hour shifts but otherwise at liberty. Fein maintained that Rastogi offered no objection when he provided her with the details of the deal.

Some other lovely things this guy said: >“Yeah I would like to see you murdered,” he says. “I used to always think, like in some murders (in movies and all) they show that the murderer stabbed the victim with a knife 45 times; how would someone do that. Killing someone even once is so difficult to accomplish. Then how can that person/man stab the knife in the victim’s body so many times. I now imagine and can relate now to doing that to you. And I am not kidding. If you can’t believe me I can swear on anyone’s life.”

This doesn't seem like justice given this is his second incident. I am all for second chances, but beating your wife probably multiple times should be grounds for having the book thrown at you including getting kicked out of the country. How he is getting 30 days for all the things he put this women though. They need to throw him jail for a while.

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Post by gumby »

I uprooted this not because I think any of us should take purist interest in the tragic events of someone else's life. The article is interesting on many levels.

This how an abuser works, subtly and forcefully both. The dialogue is also bizarre in that it focuses on technical details as a vehicle (and would be almost incomprehensible 10 years ago.

It shows how the justice system works at the retail ("end user") level, when most discussion of justice issues happens at a macro level.

And it shows how ubiquitous cameras/recording devices change not just police and politicians, not just big airlines, but the justice in proples' lives. Ubiquitous surveillance cuts both ways.

(Plus there's the weirdness of the court being in "fabled Palo Alto" -- wtf?)

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Post by gumby »

fatjokes wrote: post #4

Okay, I admit I found it hard to read the beating transcript in detail so I just skimmed. Could someone tell/confirm for me: is he actually beating her because of a software/design problem?

No, he is using a software problem as an excuse and a tool.

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Post by samfisher83 »

imesh wrote: post #7
oculusthrift wrote: post #3

we need to deport people like this

Why? He will just go be a rich asshole in India, we should take his money and than deport him.

He needs to be in Jail. I would highly recommend reading the entire article. This guy seems like a psychopath. He put that woman through hell.

Re: Silicon Valley CEO Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Abusing His Wife

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Post by paulddraper »

Though I don't claim this particular case is usual, it is sadly true that wife abuse is far more common in Indian culture than in the US.

In a conversation recently between my wife and an Indian neighbor, it was mentioned in passing that a spouse would be jailed for physical abuse. The married Indian women looked rather worried and asked if it happened just once and that was it then surely no one would get in trouble?

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