So here's my article on DeHart's sentencing yesterday: https://revolution-news.com/anonymous-activist-matt-dehart-sentenced-to-7-5-years/
Thanks everyone, especially Bethany, for the input on this and/or Hacking Team. On 02/20/2016 03:44 AM, Bethany wrote: > Oh, damn, Douglas, I'm so glad you are going to be there. > > I have some knowledge about this case, having written about parts of it > for Newsweek Magazine in the past > (http://europe.newsweek.com/porn-run-327532?rm=eu -- sorry about the > paywall -- I believe I own the copyright now, I think it reverted to me > after 90 days of publication -- so anyone can feel free to re-print the > text of this one and make it more available any way they want). > > I'm living in Berlin this year and can't make it to the trial, but if > you need any assistance I can do from a distance, please get in touch. I > have a keen interest in spreading more knowledge about this case. > > Questions I'd ask his defense team, if I were there: > > Has your client received a fair offer from the prosecution? Did the > prosecution ever address DeHart's allegations of torture in FBI custody? > Has the judge made any ruling or evaluation of those claims of torture? > If DeHart is pleading guilty for failure to appear, should he not > receive credit for time served in immigration detention in Canada? At > the dismissal hearing, why did your team not cite the 2012 case of > vindictive prosecution in that same federal district, against your same > prosecutor, which resulted in charges being dismissed? What will the > rest of Matt DeHart's life look like, after this case? > > For his parents (who are lovely people, and will try to help you to the > best of their abilities): > How has standing up for your son changed your lives? What did you grow > up believing about American values and law enforcement? What do you > believe now? Has your son's experience made you activists? What do you > feel are your key causes? > > For the prosecutors: > Why the years' long persecution, the violent interrogations, the seizure > of property and threats against family, to take a plea that essentially > amounts to receiving CP from a teenager who took a selfie, (I didn't > even know one could be charged with a crime for the text messages one > merely received these days!), and fleeing the jurisdiction, which is a > new charge stemming from the defendants actions taken after the > aggressive persecution began, and the alleged torture? Doesn't that kind > of make you look like an incompetent prosecutor? Do you think that > DeHart deserves seven years in prison and ten years on the sex registry > and living without a passport and with a criminal record, do you think > that is proportional to what you are now saying happened? > > Good luck at the hearing, I hope it goes as well as it can possibly go, > which is: it's going to be terrible. > > My heart breaks for this family every time I think of what they have > gone through. > > -Bethany Horne > > > > > > > > > On 20/02/16 09:40 AM, Douglas Lucas wrote: >> I will be covering Courage beneficiary Matt DeHart's sentencing Monday >> in Nashville for https://revolution-news.com/ (@NewsRevo on Twitter). >> >> Can anyone suggest questions for his defense team, for his parents >> (assuming they're not too distraught), for the prosecutors (who will say >> no comment)? I would be asking these immediately after the sentencing. >> >> Here's info on his case: >> >> http://news.nationalpost.com/matt-dehart-claims-hes-wanted-for-working-with-anonymous >> >> http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidkushner/matt-dehart#.econ0L3bE >> >> https://mattdehart.com/matts-story/ >> > > > >
