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by legutierr 4655 days ago
The reason to defend weev in this case is to ensure that the specific act for which he is being prosecuted is not treated as a crime in other cases.

If weev harassed this woman in the manner described in the article you reference, he probably should be prosecuted for that. But it's not ok for prosecutors to put him in jail for something that should be perfectly legal, just because they can't (or didn't) put him in jail for something else.