>prison for non-violent offenses
I agree with you to an extent. Justice still needs to happen at some level, whether it's restitution, home confinement (which most hackers, like me hope for), halfway house, or prison. What I agree with is that some white collar crimes, shouldn't see the inside. But to be so black and white...what if you invested in Bernie Madoff, would you still think the same?
I would've gotten a reduction in my points for sentencing if I could've helped out Google (not the others, only Google).....I would have volunteered and worked for them my entire sentence (15mnths) if I could've. In the words of the judge that sentenced me "I am sentencing you in an effort to deter others...," so in the PR sense, my lawyer was right to tell me NOT to do what weev did, and talk to Wired and the media.
I would've gotten a reduction in my points for sentencing if I could've helped out Google (not the others, only Google).....I would have volunteered and worked for them my entire sentence (15mnths) if I could've. In the words of the judge that sentenced me "I am sentencing you in an effort to deter others...," so in the PR sense, my lawyer was right to tell me NOT to do what weev did, and talk to Wired and the media.