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Hacker Gonzalez asks for reduced sentence, cites autism
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 18 December, 2009
Albert Gonzalez, the 28 year-old hacker convicted of stealing and reselling over 170 million credit and ATM card numbers, has asked the presiding judge in his case for a reduced sentence, citing Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism.
In September, Gonzalez pleaded guilty to 20 counts of identity theft, wire fraud, computer fraud and conspiracy after hacking the corporate systems of TJX ... [ read the full article ]
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slvrbrd
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21. December 2009 @ 20:53 |
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Originally posted by slickwill:
Looking at the situation from a different perspective, this guy has hit the jackpot. This guy will be able to spend the next 15 to 25 years of his life in a "minimum" security prison and have an easy life. During that time he'll be able to make many long-term friends, and many other amenities that come with being in a "minimum" security prison. He won't have to worry about finding a job to pay his rent and living expenses because that's all taken care for him by the tax payer's dollar.
Looking at the deeds this man has committed from a different perspective, he is a rebellious freedom fighter against the corportocracy. Instead of using weapons to hurt these mega-corporation, he was able to hurt them financially (a non-violent fashion). Even though he brought trouble to millions of credit card owner, we will all need to suffer in order to bring down these mega-corporation's who sell products regardless of the socially need for such products (producing waste), just to make money.
Yeah that's a great idea, bring down those bastards that made the freaking computer you are using to post your stupid thoughts. Talk about producing waste...
Yeah he does look like the nightstalker--what was the nightstalker's real name?
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mebjolz
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22. December 2009 @ 00:03 |
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Yeah he does look like the nightstalker--what was the nightstalker's real name?
Richard Ramirez
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slvrbrd
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22. December 2009 @ 00:18 |
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oh yeah, that's right. pretty freaky, at least this guy only stole money.
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mebjolz
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22. December 2009 @ 01:32 |
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Aspergers appears to be a growing trend in criminal defence. Even the vocalist of The Vines (Craig Nichols) used it as an excuse to get away with kicking a photographer in the face (unprovoked)during an onstage tantrum at one of the band's gigs, and it worked. He got off lightly despite having no diagnosis prior to needing a defence...
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22. December 2009 @ 20:43 |
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I am not sure where i stand on this i still think he needs to get a punishment but maybe the form needs to alter. I'm not sure.
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atomicxl
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22. December 2009 @ 22:57 |
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Autism makes you commit crimes?
I thought autism effected your motor skills like walking, grabbing stuff, and things like talking... not forces you to create complex hardware and software for committing millions of acts of international theft.
LOL @ the guy acting like this is some saint or Robin Hood like character. Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor. This guy is robbing grandmas, college grads, people on tight budgets, people unemployed, the guy who just got laid off, etc and keeping it all for himself. That's not fighting "the man" or corporations, that's fighting everyday people struggling to make a living and provide food and shelter for their families. Methinks people don't even understand the basic story or concept of Robin Hood if they'd compare this guy to him.
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cart0181
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23. December 2009 @ 04:17 |
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Originally posted by cart0181:
Rob Newhouse: Conjugal visits? Mmmm. Not that I know of. Y'know, minimum-security prison is no picnic. I have a client in there right now. He says the trick is: kick someone's ass the first day, or become someone's bitch. Then everything will be all right. W-Why do you ask, anyway?
sweet mother of pearl an "Office Space" reference! and they did a lil corporate stealin, how appropriate.
oh, to that pinhead that praised this douchebag for what he did: Do you not get that he screwed over the blue collar workers, you know, the ones that make this great country of ours go and not the corporations? stupid logic!
Thanks for noticing :D
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lubricant
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26. December 2009 @ 10:49 |
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Originally posted by slickwill:
Looking at the situation from a different perspective, this guy has hit the jackpot. This guy will be able to spend the next 15 to 25 years of his life in a "minimum" security prison and have an easy life. <--yeah prison sounds like a lot of fun.
Looking at the deeds this man has committed from a different perspective, he is a rebellious freedom fighter against the corportocracy. Instead of using weapons to hurt these mega-corporation, he was able to hurt them financially <--- ever heard of liability minimization? corporations sure have, thats how they get away with poisoning the earth or pulling in great profits and still getting other people to clean up the mess or bail them out.
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7. January 2010 @ 15:52 |
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I'm almost certain this has already been said, but 15-25 years for over 170 million stolen numbers and damaged if not destroyed lives, and a pirate gets the book thrown at them... Not that the pirate deserves little punishment but what the [fill in the blank]?!
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7. January 2010 @ 16:46 |
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Actually his prison sentence should be commensurate with the time it takes for each of the 170 million who actually had to repair their credit-hour for hour. If only 1 person was compromised so be it- maybe 6 months. But if only 50 million affected-Life. And prison time will be spent repairing credit of his victims. If he manages to fix it all-let him out.
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