[48045] in Cypherpunks
Re: Bernie S. Sentencing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan B. McCullagh)
Thu Jan 25 18:00:21 1996
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 17:43:06 -0500 (EST)
From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <declan+@CMU.EDU>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com, dan@milliways.org (Dan Bailey)
Cc:
In-Reply-To: <199601251509.KAA21760@remus.ultranet.com>
Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 25-Jan-96 Bernie S. Sentencing by
Dan Bailey@milliways.org
> I just found out that Bernie S. will be sentenced this Friday morning
> at 9 am in Easton, PA for the crime of removing batteries from a tone
> dialer several years ago. This is defined as a victimless misdemeanor
> for which the judge in this small town (under considerable influence
> from the Secret Service) set bail at $250,000. He could get two years
> in prison at sentencing. Press attention could be very helpful in
> avoiding a sentence as irrational as the bail setting - right now the
> only influence these people are getting is from the Secret Service and
> they want to put Bernie S away for as long as they can. If you're not
> entirely up to date on this story, finger bernies@2600.com for all of
> the details.
I've contacted an editor I know at the Allentown Morning Call (the major
newspaper in the Easton, PA area) and a staffwriter I know at the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
No word from the Inquirer yet, but the Morning Call seems interested --
email me for the editor's email address/phone number. Other folks can
probably give better background than I can.
-Declan
