Questions for Matt DeHart case?

Douglas Lucas dal at riseup.net
Tue Feb 23 18:35:48 PST 2016


So here's my article on DeHart's sentencing yesterday:

https://revolution-news.com/anonymous-activist-matt-dehart-sentenced-to-7-5-years/

Thanks everyone, especially Bethany, for the input on this and/or
Hacking Team.

On 02/20/2016 03:44 AM, Bethany wrote:
> Oh, damn, Douglas, I'm so glad you are going to be there.
> 
> I have some knowledge about this case, having written about parts of it
> for Newsweek Magazine in the past
> (http://europe.newsweek.com/porn-run-327532?rm=eu -- sorry about the
> paywall -- I believe I own the copyright now, I think it reverted to me
> after 90 days of publication -- so anyone can feel free to re-print the
> text of this one and make it more available any way they want).
> 
> I'm living in Berlin this year and can't make it to the trial, but if
> you need any assistance I can do from a distance, please get in touch. I
> have a keen interest in spreading more knowledge about this case.
> 
> Questions I'd ask his defense team, if I were there:
> 
> Has your client received a fair offer from the prosecution? Did the
> prosecution ever address DeHart's allegations of torture in FBI custody?
> Has the judge made any ruling or evaluation of those claims of torture?
> If DeHart is pleading guilty for failure to appear, should he not
> receive credit for time served in immigration detention in Canada? At
> the dismissal hearing, why did your team not cite the 2012 case of
> vindictive prosecution in that same federal district, against your same
> prosecutor, which resulted in charges being dismissed? What will the
> rest of Matt DeHart's life look like, after this case?
> 
> For his parents (who are lovely people, and will try to help you to the
> best of their abilities):
> How has standing up for your son changed your lives? What did you grow
> up believing about American values and law enforcement? What do you
> believe now? Has your son's experience made you activists? What do you
> feel are your key causes?
> 
> For the prosecutors:
> Why the years' long persecution, the violent interrogations, the seizure
> of property and threats against family, to take a plea that essentially
> amounts to receiving CP from a teenager who took a selfie, (I didn't
> even know one could be charged with a crime for the text messages one
> merely received these days!), and fleeing the jurisdiction, which is a
> new charge stemming from the defendants actions taken after the
> aggressive persecution began, and the alleged torture? Doesn't that kind
> of make you look like an incompetent prosecutor? Do you think that
> DeHart deserves seven years in prison and ten years on the sex registry
> and living without a passport and with a criminal record, do you think
> that is proportional to what you are now saying happened?
> 
> Good luck at the hearing, I hope it goes as well as it can possibly go,
> which is: it's going to be terrible.
> 
> My heart breaks for this family every time I think of what they have
> gone through.
> 
> -Bethany Horne
> 
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> On 20/02/16 09:40 AM, Douglas Lucas wrote:
>> I will be covering Courage beneficiary Matt DeHart's sentencing Monday
>> in Nashville for https://revolution-news.com/ (@NewsRevo on Twitter).
>>
>> Can anyone suggest questions for his defense team, for his parents
>> (assuming they're not too distraught), for the prosecutors (who will say
>> no comment)? I would be asking these immediately after the sentencing.
>>
>> Here's info on his case:
>>
>> http://news.nationalpost.com/matt-dehart-claims-hes-wanted-for-working-with-anonymous
>>
>> http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidkushner/matt-dehart#.econ0L3bE
>>
>> https://mattdehart.com/matts-story/
>>
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