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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 91 02:38:31 -0700
From: Steve Forrette <forrette@cory.berkeley.edu>
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Subject: Re: Well Len, Was it Worth a Prison Term?
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In article <telecom11.459.2@eecs.nwu.edu> Jim Thomas writes:

> And, contrary to another post in the same issue of TCD, there
> is no evidence that the programs Len possessed or sent were ever used
> in criminal activity.

Isn't transportation of stolen property across state lines "criminal
activity?"

> The question is whether his actions justify a prison sentence, and to my
> mind the answer is an emphatic *NO!*.

I agree -- probation would have been more appropriate, IMHO.


Steve Forrette, forrette@cory.berkeley.edu