Email Bomber Faces Retrial

An anonymous reader writes "A UK teenager who was cleared last year of launching a denial-of-service attack now faces a retrial. Judges have ruled that crashing a server with five million emails probably isn't permitted under the law. With NASA hacker Gary McKinnon vowing to fight on after losing his extradition fight yesterday, it's been a busy few days for the UK courts."

Re:Uh huh

[linvir]

I would have gone with 'technology' and 'crazy rambling' myself. See, we're not socialist, we're just really, really scared of lots of people, companies and organizations who happen to be right-wingers.

The good thing about extradition to the US...

[spiritraveller]

At least you know if you win the first trial, they don't get to do it over.

Re:The good thing about extradition to the US...

[Adam9]

Unless you're an "enemy combatant." The constitution doesn't cover them.

what the hell

[tehwebguy]

they can just have a retrial like that?

man that is scary, i mean across the pond we have some seriously scary laws (esp since the patriot act) but if any case could just be re-tried because the gov thought maybe they were wrong i'd be terrified.