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US Attorney Carmen Ortiz should be removed | 559 comments | Create New Account
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Statement of US Attorney Carmen Ortiz
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, January 17 2013 @ 10:49 AM EST
It's called blackmail.

Really old tactic, reserved for use by nasty people.

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It was appropriate because I say it was
Authored by: symbolset on Thursday, January 17 2013 @ 12:59 PM EST
"I must, however, make clear that this office’s conduct was appropriate in
bringing and handling this case."

40,000 of our fellow citizens disagree with
your power to arbitrarily decide
your actions were appropriate, Mrs. Ortiz.
Let's get an independent ruling
on the question.

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US Attorney Carmen Ortiz should be removed
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, January 17 2013 @ 06:27 PM EST
If you believe it is ok to threaten someone with 35 years in jail an a million
dollar fine for a crime you admit is only worthy of a 6 month sentence then you
have abused your prosecutorial power and should be removed.

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Statement of US Attorney Carmen Ortiz and a 2011 Press release
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, January 17 2013 @ 08:46 PM EST
There is a July 19, 2011 Press Release ALLEGED HACKER CHARGED WITH STEALING OVER FOUR MILLION DOCUMENTS FROM MIT NETWORK

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13 x 5 != 35
Authored by: celtic_hackr on Friday, January 18 2013 @ 12:26 AM EST
How the prosecutor could say, and I've seen it reported, that he was facing 35
years, is disingenuous at best, and just plain old lies towards the other end.
He was facing 13 felonies. Of which, I believe the judge might be constrained to
issue 5 years each. That's 65 years for doing nothing worse than entering a
closet he should have known better to enter, but was in no way delineated as
off-limits.

Maybe there's a more complicated math that would have capped it at 35. But with
thirteen felonies, that probably meets the three strikes law and he could have
gotten life. I'm not a lawyer, so maybe there's some nuance I'm missing.

Where's the crime? Srsly! To think he could have gone down in history as the man
who got 65 years ... for opening a door.

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