Internet activist Jeremy Hammond who pleaded guilty to hacking servers of the private intelligence company Statfor and leaking its information to anti-secrecy site, WikiLeaks, was sentenced to ten years in jail on Friday, November 15
there is no justification for such a heavy sentence
In particular, the emails published by WikiLeaks suggested that Stratfor was hired by private companies and government agencies alike to monitor political protesters and activists, including members of Occupy Wall Street and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
and the vicyim of our police state made a statement that, with Grace, will become a sentence memorised by students in future decades
“I did this because I believe people have the right to know what government and corporations are doing behind closed doors. I did what I believe is right,”
and now we see our impartial judge that passed the sentence
The controversial case has also ensnared the presiding judge, Loretta Preska, whose husband Thomas Kaveler was implicated in the leaked emails. Kaveler is an employee of Cahill Gordon & Reindell LLP, a Stratfor client and associate, and many Hammond supporters claimed that Preska’s impartiality is harmed by this conflict of interest. Preska denied the charge, however, and Hammond’s lawyers were unsuccessful in their attempt to force her recusal.
On Friday Judge Preska handed down a maximum sentence for Jeremy Hammond under his plea deal - 120 months in prison. After serving his jail term, Hammond will also be subject to three years under supervised release.
A mockery. Simply a mockery of the word justice.
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