RE: [dvd-discuss] Skylarov indicted for trafficing and conspiracy.

[Richard Hartman <hartman(at)onetouch.com>]

Sounds like he has a good case for wrongful prosecution. (Is that the right
term?  IANAL ...)

-- 
-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com

186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Neu [mailto:tim@tneu.visi.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:35 PM
> To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Skylarov indicted for trafficing and
> conspiracy.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Steve Hosgood wrote:
> 
> > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 03:17:09PM +0300, MosheVainer wrote:
> > > >
> > > > BTW, in case he is found innocent, would the US be
> > > > responsible to pay damages due to his inability to support
> > > > his family in Russia while on trial?
> > > > Any lawyer would like to comment?
> > >
> > > Not as far as I am aware....
> > >
> >
> > What, so the US govt. can arbitrarily arrest a foreign 
> national(*), chuck him
> > in jail, drag him in chains from one state to another, 
> deprive him of
> > all accepted 'rights' and after all *that* if a judge 
> chucks the case out
> > of the window they can just say "oops, sorry" and expect 
> not to get sued
> > for at least a million bucks(**) by their victim?
> 
> Yep.
> 
> One of the 2600 folks (Shapeshifter, I believe) was arrested at the
> Republican National Convention.  The police claimed he was 
> calling someone
> on his cellular phone and advocating the blockage of streets in the
> protest.  Some streets were blocked, but people dispersed 
> when the police
> asked.
> 
> At his trial, the only evidence the prosecution had was a 
> videotape that
> DIDN'T EVEN HAVE HIM IN IT.
> 
> The judge apologized for wasting the jury's time and 
> dismissed the case.
> 
> The bond that was paid for his bail was not even all returned 
> to him, even
> though he was found innocent.  Evidently, 750 dollars of the 
> bail money
> was allowed to be kept for "Administration costs".  Evidently, being
> suspected of a crime is enough to allow these costs to stick, because
> there is no other reasonable explanation.
> 
> You can read about this at 
> http://www.2600.com/news/display.shtml?id=510
> (and other places in their news archive).
> 
> People are getting screwed by the system all the time.  There are not
> enough lawers who will fight for the common good anymore.  
> The dvd-discuss
> list and the EFF lawyers are a rare breed, for which I am 
> very thankfull.
> We need more of these.
> 
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