RE: The curious case of Francis Rawls.
March 25, 2017 at 11:53 pm
(This post was last modified: March 25, 2017 at 11:58 pm by Jehanne.)
(March 25, 2017 at 11:39 pm)Mr Greene Wrote: And they can't just brute force hack it?
The energy requirements to do that might exceed all of the known energy in the Universe:
http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/txt/rsa.html
(March 25, 2017 at 10:52 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: If they have enough to convict, then what are they waiting for?
Agreed. If they have enough evidence to keep him in jail, then he at least deserves a trial. I think that it was Thomas Jefferson who said that, "99 guilty should go free before an innocent man is convicted."
(March 25, 2017 at 9:39 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: From the article it appears that they have enough for a conviction without seeing the encrypted files. They know that he down loaded child porn, that should be enough(Quote: police already had forensic evidence that Rawls had child pornography stored on his computer hard drive, including a relative’s statement and electronic fingerprints showing he had downloaded it.). They don't need to see the physical files. (not a lawyer, don't hold me to that)
Rawls should be allowed to claim 5th amendment self incrimination rights. This is no different than a person not disclosing where the body is.
I looked at the average amount of jail time for child porn possession cases, 18 months appears to be a drop in the bucket. (google it yourself)
I say get on with the case and if (more like when) convicted that will be considered time served. I doubt he'll be jailed for life. That kind of talk is just drama, drama, drama.
Edit: Not even going to discuss framing. What if's are not very productive.
He is probably guilty; however, is it a "beyond-a-reasonable" doubt guilt? Of course, someone (say, his "vengeful" sister) could have set him up, downloading the porn while she (or, for that matter, someone else) had access to his computer.
By the way, I work in IT (over 20 years), and gaining access to someone's computer is trivially easy. Getting by a Window's password is a piece of cake, hardly any trouble at all. All that one has to do is to pull the hard drive, and from there, you can install whatever legitimate software that you want to gain access. In fact, hacking someone's router is just as easy, as most people choose really shitty passwords, which can be cracked via offline attacks -- capture the encrypted cipher and then bust it.
