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by themaninthedark
2023 days ago
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If you go to the Hacker News story about the FL researcher who was just arrested at gunpoint, there was a thread about Aaron Swartz and plea deals. >Our plea bargain system is so lopsided that 97% of criminal charges end with a guilty plea without a trial. Even if she is 90% sure of winning at trial, unless she has a million dollars lying around and a deathwish, it STILL isn't worth it to fight the system. - https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=btilly I have heard a large number of people express the same opinion and statistics but have noticed the they are quiet when it comes to Flynn. I think if people have committed crimes, then they need to be prosecuted but also that it is better for 10 guilty to go free than 1 innocent to be sentenced. I think what has happened to Carter Page and the sentencing guidelines for Kevin Clinesmith are a joke. As the sibling comment said >Let's make distrusting the intelligence agencies cool again. |
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I agree entirely. The CIA literally leaked at story to Yahoo News and used that fora FISA warrant. That is pure corruption.
For anyone not familiar with the Carter Page situation, this is the best 3,000 foot overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qODProeRQ4c