The curious case of Francis Rawls.
March 25, 2017 at 3:09 pm
(This post was last modified: March 25, 2017 at 3:09 pm by Jehanne.)
You can just Google his name (or, read the link below); he has been in jail now for 18 months, accused of having child porn on his computer, a portion of which has been encrypted. He says that he cannot remember his password but the judge says that he can remember but is just not revealing it, and so, he is in jail, for life:
http://wtop.com/government/2017/03/jaile...passwords/
But, here's my problem with it all. Let's say that you don't like someone. (Not anyone on this forum, of course, would ever do this!) And, so, "you" decide to get even by downloading child pornography off of the DeepWeb. You create an encrypted volume on your enemies computer, whether on an internal hard-drive or an external one, with a long and gibberish passphrase, copying, of course, all of the child porn on to that drive/container. And, then, you go to the cops and say that "so and so" is looking at child porn, which they even showed to you!
And, "Voilà!" Your enemy is now in jail for life for having "refused" to disclose a password that they do not know and which they could not ever guess over the lifetime of the Universe! Sound sweet?! To me, it sounds absolutely disgusting, but I betcha it will happen here someday soon, if not already!
So, what do you think? Is the US judiciary out of control for having jailed someone for life who has not even been charged with a crime?? It seems to me that there needs to be some legal reform in this area.
http://wtop.com/government/2017/03/jaile...passwords/
But, here's my problem with it all. Let's say that you don't like someone. (Not anyone on this forum, of course, would ever do this!) And, so, "you" decide to get even by downloading child pornography off of the DeepWeb. You create an encrypted volume on your enemies computer, whether on an internal hard-drive or an external one, with a long and gibberish passphrase, copying, of course, all of the child porn on to that drive/container. And, then, you go to the cops and say that "so and so" is looking at child porn, which they even showed to you!
And, "Voilà!" Your enemy is now in jail for life for having "refused" to disclose a password that they do not know and which they could not ever guess over the lifetime of the Universe! Sound sweet?! To me, it sounds absolutely disgusting, but I betcha it will happen here someday soon, if not already!
So, what do you think? Is the US judiciary out of control for having jailed someone for life who has not even been charged with a crime?? It seems to me that there needs to be some legal reform in this area.
