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eggplant

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19. They got Capone on tax evasion.

Reply to Xithras (Reply #13)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 08:49 PM

Dec 2015

I'll take what we can get. I just wish that judges could assess an extra "you're an asshole" penalty during sentencing. (Not really, of course, but...)

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Revenge porn site operator sentenced to 25 months jail [View all] inanna Dec 2015 OP

Good. The sentence should have been WhiteTara Dec 2015 #1

Totally agree. Should have been much longer... inanna Dec 2015 #2

Why? Massacure Dec 2015 #17

Good. nt jonno99 Dec 2015 #3

Good! I think we'll see a LOT of posts saying that. 7962 Dec 2015 #4

That's 25 months more than George Zimmerman or Cheney or Bush or Rumsfeld. nt valerief Dec 2015 #5

I wish this law had been around when Deep Throat came out, since it was Chuck Traynor's revenge porn zazen Dec 2015 #6

I do not think this should be a prosecutable offense BadGimp Dec 2015 #7

Sharing it is *not* legal without consent of the copyright holder. eggplant Dec 2015 #9

Thanks! inanna Dec 2015 #10

It's harassment Xithras Dec 2015 #12

VERY well put! FiveGoodMen Dec 2015 #15

Sharing without permission NEVER was legal. These laws add the revenge angle, which is assaultive. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2015 #14

It's not so much the pictures, but how he got them. Dr. Strange Dec 2015 #18

Damn, at first I read that as "25 years" and thought -- Yes! eggplant Dec 2015 #8

25 years would make a lot more sense. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #16

It should have been much much longer Marrah_G Dec 2015 #11

Just a note for those who didn't read to the end. He was NOT convicted for running the site. Xithras Dec 2015 #13

They got Capone on tax evasion. eggplant Dec 2015 #19