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Comment Re:A little perspective from the UK (Score 1) 349

If I miss and no damage is caused it's not a crime, you could argue intent but that's a different topic.

After writing I did have another thought, He did break UK law, he also broke US law. Due to the nature of the internet he was able to break the laws in 2 countries at the sametime. So in theory he should be tried and sentenced in the UK, then after he has served his sentence in the UK, he should be deported to be tried and sentenced in the US.

Comment Re:A little perspective from the UK (Score 1) 349

and the crime was committed in the UK

Ahh, but that's the messy part. Was the crime really committed in the UK? After all the servers were physically in the US.

Going to over simplify this but lets assume you have an house and your house is beside the border of France and Spain. Lets also assume that border is only 1inch wide and you have a window facing that border. I throw a brick and smash your window, where was the offence committed?
After all throwing a brick isn't illegal, it was only when it hit your window it became a crime but your window was on the other side of the border.

So yes there are laws about trespassing on a computer in the UK however the systems he trespassed on were in the states.

In saying all this, if he was going to be tried fairly then I would say yes deportation is right, I am purely against it as since 9/11 American's have lost the plot, Girl getting locked up for saying she had a bomb as a joke (stupid yes, but hardly a major crime when it was clear she was joking), but as they are likely to make an example of him and the punishment will in no way fit the crime in this case I am against his deportation.

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