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How ^NOT to Forge a Search Warrant

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Re: How ^NOT to Forge a Search Warrant

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the attempt at constructive criticism. There are actually that many words as subtitles in the video, I didn't leave out the hearing impaired. And a few hundred words are not necessary when six words at the top of the screen pretty much make it clear to most people. Maybe is not big enough, will consider making it bigger.

Just so you know, captions don't appear to be enabled for your video.

Good catch, thanks! Fixing (or trying to fix) that now.

Re: How ^NOT to Forge a Search Warrant

#13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just so you know, captions don't appear to be enabled for your video.

Good catch, thanks! Fixing (or trying to fix) that now.

As well: If you’re able to post a link or the copy of the transcript at the end of the page, that would be helpful even without time markers.

Re: How ^NOT to Forge a Search Warrant

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post #6

Interesting title, useless content. Video seems to be just a collection of document screenshots. Faking search warrants is a serious issue, but the compiler of this collection would have a lot more impact by adding a few hundred words to explain the point of the site instead of leaving it as a puzzle for the reader. Is this an attack on bad prosecutors in general? Is the website author the victim of prosecutorial har…

Thanks for the attempt at constructive criticism. There are actually that many words as subtitles in the video, I didn't leave out the hearing impaired. And a few hundred words are not necessary when six words at the top of the screen pretty much make it clear to most people. Maybe is not big enough, will consider making it bigger.

I realise you are being sarcastic but I genuinely did not see the H1. The face on the video was probably the first thing I looked at and then I went scanning for some explanatory text. It's your choice what you do with your web page but a short paragraph would, imho, help to engage casual visitors.

Re: How ^NOT to Forge a Search Warrant

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post #8

In case anyone else is confused, apparently this comes from a defendant in a wire fraud case, [name redacted], as per the gofundme page [0] The case apparently found the couple guilty and charges were held against them, and I believe some jail time also [1] [2]. My post's purpose isn't to affirm or deny the claim in the video, but to add the context I was missing for when the video got to the end and changed its tone…

Thanks for the context. Was the GoFundMe campaign accessible when you linked it? I caught your comment at "3 minutes ago" and it can no longer be found.

Edit: Link was fixed!

Re: How ^NOT to Forge a Search Warrant

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post #5

Why would a prosecutor risk his own career and jail time to forge documents?

I mean looking a prosecutors to be moral people is your first mistake. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-texas-prosecutor-fir... >A former Texas district attorney agreed Friday to serve 10 days in jail for withholding evidence that could have stopped an innocent man from going to prison for nearly 25 years — apparently the first time a prosecutor has been sent to jail for concealing evidence helpful to the defe…

ABA states:

Standard 3-1.2 Functions and Duties of the Prosecutor

>(b) The primary duty of the prosecutor is to seek justice within the bounds of the law, not merely to convict. The prosecutor serves the public interest and should act with integrity and balanced judgment to increase public safety both by pursuing appropriate criminal charges of appropriate severity, and by exercising discretion to not pursue criminal charges in appropriate circumstances. The prosecutor should seek to protect the innocent and convict the guilty, consider the interests of victims and witnesses, and respect the constitutional and legal rights of all persons, including suspects and defendants.

I get that everyone laughs at normative standards nowadays, and the concept of 'civic duty' is apparently dying out, but there's your standard right there. If you're forging warrants, you are abdicating the responsibilities of your station.

Re: How ^NOT to Forge a Search Warrant

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post #15
post #8

In case anyone else is confused, apparently this comes from a defendant in a wire fraud case, [name redacted], as per the gofundme page [0] The case apparently found the couple guilty and charges were held against them, and I believe some jail time also [1] [2]. My post's purpose isn't to affirm or deny the claim in the video, but to add the context I was missing for when the video got to the end and changed its tone…

Thanks for the context. Was the GoFundMe campaign accessible when you linked it? I caught your comment at "3 minutes ago" and it can no longer be found. Edit: Link was fixed!

Happy to help.

And interesting, yes, the gofundme was live when I watched the video on the site (link is on the site).

I think it's just maybe how GoFundMe handle's the links?

https://gofund.me/a58c25bd

Works as normal I suppose for you.

Re: How ^NOT to Forge a Search Warrant

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post #17
post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the context. Was the GoFundMe campaign accessible when you linked it? I caught your comment at "3 minutes ago" and it can no longer be found. Edit: Link was fixed!

Happy to help. And interesting, yes, the gofundme was live when I watched the video on the site (link is on the site). I think it's just maybe how GoFundMe handle's the links? https://gofund.me/a58c25bd Works as normal I suppose for you.

Appreciate your updating (and catching) that. GoFundMe apparently thought it needed to be changed. No alert to me or anything.

Guess I'll have to make one minor change in iMovie and re-upload 2GB. I hope they don't pull this again.

Re: How ^NOT to Forge a Search Warrant

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The defendant defrauded Office Max's loyalty program to the tune of ~$180,000, although they managed to void $130k of rewards upon uncovering the scheme. They did so in a manner that could easily be traced back to them (e.g. signing up for 5400 Office Max accounts using the same 4 GMail addresses with randomly inserted periods to make slightly different user IDs). They accessed the email from the same IP address, put their actual personal home address for three of the 5400 accounts, and left several other pieces of breadcrumb evidence leading back to themselves.

This whole thing seems like a guilty person using accusations of prosecutorial misconduct to distract from their hopeless position in an FBI case.

Re: How ^NOT to Forge a Search Warrant

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post #16
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean looking a prosecutors to be moral people is your first mistake. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-texas-prosecutor-fir... >A former Texas district attorney agreed Friday to serve 10 days in jail for withholding evidence that could have stopped an innocent man from going to prison for nearly 25 years — apparently the first time a prosecutor has been sent to jail for concealing evidence helpful to the defe…

ABA states: Standard 3-1.2 Functions and Duties of the Prosecutor >(b) The primary duty of the prosecutor is to seek justice within the bounds of the law, not merely to convict. The prosecutor serves the public interest and should act with integrity and balanced judgment to increase public safety both by pursuing appropriate criminal charges of appropriate severity, and by exercising discretion to not pursue criminal…

And you might even get 10 days in jail for it!

In the meantime you'll get reelected again and again for being 'tough on crime'.

The incentives are misaligned for an optimal outcome.

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