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US to Prosecute Sherman Austin |
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by B.
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11 Aug 2002
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The U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles (major crime section) has decided to prosecute Sherman Austin for allegedly posting bomb making instructions on his website http://www.raisethefist.com |
To all concerned parties:
The U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles (major crime section) has decided to prosecute Sherman Austin for allegedly posting bomb making instructions on his website http://www.raisethefist.com. The best plea agreement offered him so far is 1 month custody, 5 months halfway house, and 3 years supervised release. Part of the conditions of his probation restrict him from using a computer and interacting with his fellow activists. I am also assuming that if standard procedure is followed, his travel will be confined to the county where he lives.
He is being instructed by his counsel to not speak to the news media. I am trying to convince him otherwise since there are illegal measures being used by the FBI in order to harass Sherman at this time. His AOL Instant Messenger accounts were routinely used by FBI hackers to gain intel on who he is communicating with. In addition Sherman has told me that there are "2 to 3 hackers employed by the FBI who are knocking off my website. I am tracking them now"
His attorney is federal public defender Ron Kay, 321 E. 2nd St., Los Angeles, 90012, 213-894-2854.
He is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, major crimes section, 213-894-2262.
He is being asked to plead guilty to title 18 U.S. Code section 842(P)(2)(A), which is the dissemination of bomb making instructions on the internet. Under U.S. guidelines this is a base offense level of 12 with a reduction for acceptance of responsibility, a level 10 which carries a penalty of 6 to 12 months.
If he takes the case to trial, he faces two to twenty-five years. His attorney has viewed the evidence and informs Sherman that they will easily convict him at trial. Sherman is being pressured to accept the agreement.
I will keep you informed on what happens from here.
Related files:
http://cryptome.org/usa-v-rtf-swa.htm
http://cryptome.org/usa-v-sma-dkt.htm
What the FBI Doesn't Want You to See at RaisetheFist.com
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/raisethefist/
The free speech contents of Raisethefist.com:
http://cryptome.org/raisethefist.zip |
See also:
http://www.cryptome.org/
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