Injustice: Denial of Disservice Attack - ACCEPT NO BARGAINS!

[Jim Bell]

From: coderman <coderman at gmail.com>

To: Jim Bell <jamesdbell8 at yahoo.com> 
Cc: "cypherpunks at cpunks.org" <cypherpunks at 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 at 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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