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1 total messages Started by francois.grieu Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:16
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Author: francois.grieu
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:16
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town."

No other reason.
 
What eventually happened in court?

For possession of a 'red box' - a simpleton tone device that can fool
telco computers into making free calls even though the same computers
spot its usage:

>   In the words of Ed Cummings, "I was forced to make a deal with the devil."
>   
>   The government had found data on a commercial diskette in his possession
>   which they say was related to cellular fraud in California. While Ed says
>   he has no idea what it is they're referring to, the odds of a jury being
>   able to understand how someone could have a diskette and not be held
>   accountable for every bit of data on it seemed uncomfortably slim.
>   
>   Also, by pleading guilty at this point and in this manner, Bernie will be
>   sentenced in 10 days and will most likely be released at that time since
>   he has already served the time he would probably be sentenced to.
>   
>   Of course, the down side to this is the fact that the federal government
>   will interpret this as a green light to lock up anyone in possession of
>   simple electronic and/or computer tools. And, as has been so aptly
>   demonstrated by the Ed Cummings case, if they choose to treat the suspect
>   as a terrorist and lock him/her up for six months with no bail, they won't
>   have much of a problem finding a judge willing to do this.
>    
>   Sentencing took place on October 10 and Ed Cummings was sentenced to
>   seven months in federal prison. The seven month period ended 4 days later.
 
Okay, so he pled guilty to having a red box, and was sentenced to time served.
 
Bad enough that any of that happened in the first place.

Now comes the extra vile p
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