Patrice Riemens on Sat, 19 Jun 2004 16:27:38 +0200 (CEST) |
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[Nettime-nl] Amerikans student krijgt 8 jaar gevangenisstraf omdat hij depolitieradiofrequentie stoorde... |
Weet iemand hoe de Grand Jury zitting featuring Steve Kurz et all op 15 juni jl afgelopen is? Meanwhiole, in Wisconsin... 8-year sentence for radio interference, UW grad's actions labeled terrorism By Kevin Murphy, Correspondent for The Capital Times A University of Wisconsin graduate student convicted in federal court of intentionally jamming the Madison emergency radio system 37 times last year was sentenced in federal court as a domestic terrorist Wednesday to eight years in prison, placed on three years' probation and ordered to make restitution of $6,005 to the Madison Police Department. Although the government considered Rajib Mitra, 25, of Brookfield, the equivalent of a domestic terrorist, based on an application of the Patriot Act that punishes the substantial disruption of a critical public infrastructure, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim O'Shea said Mitra's crime stemmed more from "immaturity than ideology." "The case was about domestic terrorism, not like what happened in New York, but by the immaturity of the defendant," whose technical skills were further advanced than his social skills, O'Shea said. It was the first time a sentence for substantial disruption has been imposed since new federal guidelines went into effect in November; otherwise, Mitra may have been sentenced to a maximum of two years, said his attorney, Christopher Van Wagner. 8-year sentence for radio interference, UW grad's actions labeled terrorism (...) http://homepage.mac.com/rsnyder6/iblog/B1766137405/C2139977501/E335508901/
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