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Re: Terry Childs conviction
From: Jeroen van Aart <jeroen () mompl net>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:04:39 -0700
Henry Linneweh wrote:
Anytime you mess with a government entity, without legal guidance, you are at great risk. Mr.Childs took a risk and jury decided he was wrong. He faces 5 years in prison.
Unlikely. From the article:"However, Judge Teri Jackson is expected to impose a sentence under which Childs would serve a few additional months at most, after she gives him credit for the nearly two years he has spent in county jail since being arrested in July 2008"
I didn't know jury trials went this way, if a juror doesn't agree you simply kick the person out. You learn something new every day. :-)
"The jury deliberated for several days before a lone holdout against conviction was removed from the panel, for reasons that were not disclosed. After an alternate was put in that juror's place, the panel started over and reached a decision in a matter of hours."
And one can argue he behaved like any security conscious IT person should behave, although I'm sure in this case the truth lies more in the middle:
"Shikman acknowledged that Childs may have been "paranoid" about protecting the system and undiplomatic with his bosses, but nothing worse
(..)"All they had to do was ask him (for the passwords) in a secure and professional way, consistent with policy and standards," Shikman told the jury."
Regards, Jeroen -- http://goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/
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