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Why a Hacker Who Exposed Rapists Faces More Jail Than the Rapists
A hacker who uncovered evidence that two men who sexually assaulted and photographed an unconscious 16-year-old girl in Steubenville, Ohio, two years ago could spend more than a decade longer in jail than the rapists he helped expose and convict, thanks to an outdated cybersecurity law. Deric Lostutter, 29, could spend a maximum of 16 years behind bars for his alleged role in a hack of a high school football fan website that led to the discovery of tweets and Instagram photos documenting the 2012 sexual assault of a young girl at a party.
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Good to see how our lawmakers keep up with the imes. I guess they're too busy collecting "campaign contributions" and "speaker fees" to actually do the job the Constitution says they should do.
"...the government is trying to send a message that they’re protecting the public from “Anonymous terrorists.”
That's odd because it seems to me that Anonymous is trying to protect us from government terrorists. Like the prosecutor in this case. Anonymous needs to hack his personal computer to see what they can find. Anybody who protects rapists and goes after the people who exposed them has got to have some nasty shit in his closet.