• Telorand
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    Knoot faces charges, including wire fraud, intentional damage to protected computers, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to cause the unlawful employment of aliens. If found guilty, he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.

    Bruh, this guy literally funded the weapons program of a foreign adversary, and the maximum penalty is equivalent to some petty crime sentences. The laws are so fucked up.

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      Turns out the people who write the laws have an interest in making sure that the maximums for these crimes are low.

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        Don’t do drugs, but what’s a few WMDs among friends?

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        Turns out the people who write the laws have an interest in making the punishment for crimes of poverty extremely high.