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by godelski 1078 days ago
On point 3, while I agree he shouldn't be required to give up his password, we should note that they did find child porn on other devices and that there is testimony from another witness of more porn on those hard drives. I'm just saying that this is a bit different than there being no sufficiently prosecutable evidence and the courts requiring it. In fact, that's why they claim his 5th Amendment rights aren't violated (though obviously the length of his sentence relies upon that). He could currently be prosecuted under the current evidence, and that matters.

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