From: coderman <coderman@gmail.com>
   To: Jim Bell <jamesdbell8@yahoo.com>
   Cc: "cypherpunks@cpunks.org" <cypherpunks@cpunks.org>
   Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2013 2:32 AM
   Subject: Re: Injustice: Denial of Disservice Attack - ACCEPT NO
   BARGAINS!
   On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Jim Bell <[1]jamesdbell8@yahoo.com>
   wrote:
   >> ... I thought, what if every
   >> Federal defendant could be motivated to refuse to deal, to refuse to
   accept
   >> the deal that's usually offered.
   >a great idea, and like jury nullification, sure to be treated harshly.
   >case in point: how much pressure was brought to bear in the Aaron
   >Swartz prosecution to force a plea, and how the mere "disrespect" of
   >taking notes during a proceeding and blogging about them drove a DA to
   >absurd abuses of power in retaliation.
   Which is why this kind of thing must be done.  Drop the number of
   people who can be prosecuted Federally by a factor of 10-20, and these
   kinds of cases generally will not be brought, or in far smaller number.
           Jim Bell

References

   1. mailto:jamesdbell8@yahoo.com