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From: richard@sequent.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.legal
Subject: Re: Password hacker gets probation
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Date: Wed, 2-May-84 05:08:31 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  2 05:08:31 1984
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>>(b)	Who thinks this guy should have served time in prison?  I don't, but
>>	then I favor probation for most "white-collar" (or victimless) crimes.
>>	   Stewart Wiener

Uh, I hope you're not equating white-collr crime with "victimless" crimes?
White-colar is generally supposed to be non-violent, as in EFT-type
thefts, con jobs, etc.  Victimless are crimes which are illegal solely by
societies (sometimes odd) morals. Examples include drug abuse, prostitution
and even suicide. (What's teh one crime you can be tried for only if you fail?)

While I usually advocate the legalization of victimless crimes, white collar
crimes are much more serious.  I do believe in separating the convicts
within prisons by whether their crimes had a violent aspect, however.

If you just made a grammatical mistake, never mind.
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