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From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Student suspended for distributing /etc/passwd
Message-ID: <1991Jun23.010428.1440@athena.cs.uga.edu>
Date: 23 Jun 91 01:04:28 GMT
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In article <1991Jun22.232427.4643@ddsw1.MCS.COM> learn@ddsw1.MCS.COM (William Vajk) writes:
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>Don't be so quick, Roger Tang. You've apparently missed the obvious.
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>There must be a trail of evidence. The student in question stands convicted
>of a "crime" which has not been proven.
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>	1)  there must be a crime.
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>	2)  now you procede to case #2 which is aiding and abetting
>	    by sending the file.
>
    At this point I cannot give you the precise evidence.
  
    However, it is _not_ necessary to convict the principal in a crime
    before convicting an accessory. It is only necessary to prove that
    the crime occurred and that the accessory knew he was assisting in
    the crime.
  
    
 


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