Re: Injustice: Denial of Disservice Attack - ACCEPT NO BARGAINS!
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Jim Bell <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.
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 <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
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