On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "I'm thinking if you break the law you must know there will be consequences > if caught" > > Several things here: > > First: is there equal prosecution of the law? Were other people who > committed the same or similar crimes prosecuted as doggedly? If I were > guessing, I'd say no. The zealousness would based on who the defendent's > relatives and lawyers were.
There never is. A black man hits a woman in the face with a lead pipe while on parole and he walks. A white guy with cocaine, he walks. Turn it around and they both spend time in jail. > Second: according to the article, the law is a Frankenstein monstrosity, > created before the internet become a common tool. It has provisions that > contradict itself. How can such a law be prosecuted fairly? Fair and law don;t always go hand in hand as my Libby reference pointed out. > Third: The claim that journal articles written about research funded by > federal dollars being public domain is a strong argument. Should it have > been considered? And that's an argument he should have fought for before the fact. But even after, the appeal process would have eventually freed him. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360224 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
