[tripzilch]

> That is exactly what weev was arrested and convicted for.

Please don't spread this misinformation, the USA justice system doesn't work (... like that). Weev was arrested for having a (very, very) loud mouth and pissing off the wrong, powerful people/businesses/corporations.

If he'd have enumerated customer IDs for a smaller, lesser-known company such as Moonpig, reported it to the media like he did, without being all inflammatory and trollish[0] about it (or without having a history of allegedly doing such things in very different contexts), he'd have gotten a slap on the wrist, a fine, or something (if anything), but not been thrown into prison as he was.

Your post makes it seem like Weev was convicted "for" doing something that is illegal in the USA and that the justice system worked "exactly" how it is supposed to, equally as it would apply to anyone.

[0] stating this as a fact of how it happened, not judging him about this, at all

[driverdan]

There is more context to his arrest but the actions and evidence supporting his conviction were as I described.