Feds Convict Warez Dealer 560
XaviorPenguin writes "News.com.com.com has a story that says the DoJ has '...landed its first conviction against an American defendant trapped via Operation Fastlink, a multinational law enforcement effort undertaken against online software piracy. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa said that Jathan Desir, 26, of Iowa City, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his role in a criminal enterprise that distributed pirated software, games, movies and music over the Internet.' Desir is the first conviction that Operation Fastlink has done. He will possibly serve up to 15 years in prison when his sentencing is in March 18, 2005. Previous Slashdot articles are included here(1), here(2), and most recently here(3)."
That's because (Score:2, Informative)
Crimes against property and society, like running a web server or giving someone drugs, tend to be felonies. Federal prison == no parole.
Re:Felony Offense? (Score:3, Informative)
My Complaints to Congress (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Anybody else find this disturbing? (Score:3, Informative)
It isn't even a fair comparison (Score:3, Informative)
The irony of your choice, rape, is that it is so often not punished because so many young women lie about it. I know tons of girls who claim they were raped. Some even go so far as to claim that several guys have raped them because their standard of rape is being pushy, not literally forcing them to. One of the biggest problems now are how so many college age women in the U.S. will get drunk, fuck and then freak when they're sobre and cry rape. I know guys who've been caught up in that before.
If you want to blame anyone for rape laws not being enforced much, blame the young women who cry rape as a weapon against guys they don't like. The situation has gotten so bad that a friend of mine watched a number of her girlfriends get literally raped back home in New Jersey and the cops said that since they had no real injuries they wouldn't believe them. The only way to get justice back is to take all of the Tawana Brawleys and lock them up in the deepest, darkest hole in a maximum security prison, "coed" and let Bubba have some "real sweet meat" for a change.
Re:Wow. Up to 15 years. (Score:3, Informative)
The sad thing is that the E911 document was originally valued at $79,449 but had roughly the same information as the "BellSouth E911 Service Interfaces", available for $13 from a Bellcore catalog (_Hacker_Crackdown, by Bruce Sterling).
Re:Er... (Score:2, Informative)
State rape statutes here. [ndaa-apri.org]
Re:It's not that it's not fair... (Score:5, Informative)
It's rare for the federal government to claim jurisdiction in cases of rape or murder.
1% of federal prisoners are serving time for sex offenses, 3% for homicide, aggravated assault, or kidnapping, 4% of a prison population of 180,000. Federal Bureau of Prisons QUICK FACTS September 2004 [bop.gov]
To be among the 38% sentenced to more than ten years, you have to had mucked up your life pretty badly.
Re:Alright (Score:5, Informative)
Wrong...this is not a state case, its federal. He will receive a nice chunk of the 15 years. Read the Federal Sentencing Guidlines [ussc.gov]. Judges usually and typically do not depart due to potential career ramifications. It has been done...but its not usual. However, if a judge truely believes that 15 years is excessive (and hopefully he/she will), they will depart. Cross your fingers for this kid.
What is amazing to see is this kid is facing the possibility of doing more time than your average homicide, rape or sexual assault criminal. According to the National Criminal Justice Reference System (NCJRS), the following sentences are listed as the average:
Make note this potential sentence exceeds the averages for violent crime, and exceeds the time given by the Department Of Justice to Andrew Fastow, the CFO of Enron convicted of bilking millions of dollars from employees and investors. This poor kid is looking at 180 months. We have a problem with our criminal justice system.
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