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Comment The laziest and sloppiest basis for arrest (Score 4, Interesting) 174

The burden of proof continues to shift to the accused?
Clearly the state's evidence was faulty and the tools they're using are suspect.

The only reason this person was not unjustly dragged into court and very likely
coerced to plead guilty to a crime they did not commit
  was that they paid for and submitted to constant surveillance.

Comment Triage (Score 1) 51

Or in this case, harm reduction.

Sounds like he's realized the climate is screwed and we are completely incapable of thinking far enough ahead to do anything about it.
As the effects of climate change continue to appear, we can address them on a case-by-case basis...if those effects directly involve anything we care about right now.

Meanwhile we should forget about fixing the root cause and apply our efforts where they might have some effect.

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