Re: virus: The law and what might have been

From: Bill Roh (billroh@churchofvirus.com)
Date: Mon Jun 30 2003 - 12:42:58 MDT

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    While I agree that it is strange to fine someone for something they did
    not get away with, I think your analogy is a little off.

    If it had read:

    The law and what might have been

    Damn... I had been planning to kill someone, I had done it before successfully and was let go cause I squeled on fellow killers. This time I didn't think they would catch me and I had my long knife sharpened and ready, but I got caught again. Do I have to pay damages to his family now? Even though I killed their other son and didn't have to pay for it last time? ;p

    I think the answer should be:

    No, you should just go to jail for the rest of your life.

    For this guy, I think the fine is just a slap on the wrist anyway.

    rhinoceros wrote:

    >The law and what might have been
    >
    >
    >Damn... I had been planning to kill someone, I had my long knife sharpened and ready, but I got caught. Do I have to pay damages to his family now? ;p
    >
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    >$180 million at $500 a month . . .
    >Vickie Chachere, June 28, 2003
    >
    >http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-locpayback28062803jun28,0,5719929.story?coll=orl-news-headlines
    >
    >TAMPA -- A man who schemed to steal satellite television signals now has something much bigger than a cable bill to pay -- a whopping $180 million restitution order on which he is to make $500 monthly payments.
    >
    >A full payback would take 30,000 years.
    >
    ><snip>
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    >U.S. District Judge James Moody ordered the restitution Wednesday, based on a formula of how much Frazier's intended victims, Direct TV and Echostar, would have lost if his scheme had succeeded. The television companies estimate they could have lost $900 million in business.
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