[109416] in Cypherpunks
Re: Fucking With CJ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Broiles)
Tue Mar 23 14:54:03 1999
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:41:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <199903230206.VAA01076@smtp0.mindspring.com>
Reply-To: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, John Young wrote:
> We've got a batch of docs on CJ's case from Western
> WA but haven't yet digitized them. Here's a brief take:
I got some stuff from CJ recently, too. I understand that he's looking for
a copy of a work entitled "Hot and Cool" by Marshall McLuhan - I wasn't
able to find a book by that title, although those ideas were central to a
lot of his writing. Is that title familiar to other cpunks? If someone's
got a copy of it (I can't seem to find it new or used), you could send it
to CJ (address on JYA's site), or send it to me and I'll send it so you
won't have to add your name to the list of bad people having contact with
dangerous types like CJ.
> Then there's a copy of the plea bargain CJ refused to sign,
> and the superceding indictment made against him for refusing
> to do so: a devil's list of charges ranging from "obstruction of
> justice by threat of death against a judicial officer" to "threatening
> communications in interstate or foreign commerce." A letter
> to CJ's attorney lays out the sentencing guidelines for these
> offenses: "a range of 70 to 87 months." And further threatens
> CJ with "an upward departure based on additional threats to
> Bill Gates and others."
This is, in my opinion, one of the creepiest and least just things about
the federal criminal trial system - a defendant convicted of crime A can
be punished for crimes B-Z, as "enhancements" to the punishment for A,
without benefit of a trial for the factual allegations underlying the
additional charges. There's a minimal opportunity to challenge the
evidence, but it's certainly not a real trial. Looks like that's what
they're trying to set CJ up for, and/or additional criminal trials in case
he manages to win this first one (which would be an achievement in
itself).
--
Greg Broiles
gbroiles@netbox.com
