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Slot Machine Justice for Melissa Author
Mark Rasch, 2002-05-13

Under capricious computer crime sentencing rules, virus-writer David Smith managed to get the right prison term for all the wrong reasons.

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Slot Machine Justice for Melissa Author 2002-05-14
Anonymous (2 replies)
Virus Writing Like Burning Cars 2002-05-15
Mark D. Rasch (1 replies)
It is indeed an apt analogy. How would you deal with someone who intended to burn an abandoned car (without authorization) but ended up gutting a forest or neighborhood? Should we punish intent, effect, or both?

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Virus Writing Like Burning Cars 2002-05-17
Anonymous (1 replies)
Virus Writing Like Burning Cars 2002-05-18
Mark D. Rasch (2 replies)
What loss? 2002-05-22
Bugman (1 replies)
What loss? 2002-05-23
Anonymous
Virus Writing Like Burning Cars (hmmmmm) 2002-05-28
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