From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 21:58:38 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Another Motivation for the CDA (Federal Sentencing Guid
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jamesd@echeque.com wrote:

> In theory one would expect the law to have this unjust effect,
> but in practice most of the poster boys that people give as
> examples of the injustice of this law are folk that one would
> like to see taken behind a barn and shot out of hand.

Three strikes you're fried eh?  Dont even bother cutting off
their hands - straight to old sparky thats what I say!

In theory one would expect the law to deter folk from committing
crimes, but in practice folk (a) don't expect to get caught which
means there aint no deterrent, or (b) the folk don't consider
the crime to be serious, eg. smoking pot.


Mutant Rob wrote:

> Bill Stewart wrote:
> [..]
> > And the guys who just got busted for having fertilizer, diesel oil,
> > and drugs on their farm had a whole three ounces of marijuana and
> > personal-use quantities of crank.  Maybe they were planning to blow up
> > buildings rather than stumps; but the Feds are trying to paint them
> > as max evil just to build up their case.
> 
> Perhaps they were going to use the fertilizer for the grass and the
> heating oil to keep warm (or to keep the plants warm).  It's possible...

Yeah, but it don't go off by itself, it needs a big kick.
Did they find any dynamite or other real explosives?  I doubt it.



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