Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,misc.legal,alt.wired,alt.2600
From: tk0jut1@mp.cs.niu.edu (jim thomas)
Subject: Re: Indictment of Sysop
Organization: Northern Illinois University
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 20:31:26 GMT

In article <strnlghtCnzKs0.8J6@netcom.com> david@sternlight.com (David Sternlight) writes:
>The indictment is a model of clarity. Whoever drew it up knew exactly what
>he (or she) was doing. Good that law enforcement is getting computer
>literate, and passing such literacy on to judges.

The indictment strikes me as sloppy. It presents no indication of
evidence indicating that the allegations actually occured that I can
see. Even #17, the request for specific programs, may not justify
the charges. The indictment, in my lay-reading, seems to allege without
evidence. 

I, too, am wondering why the USDA didn't invoke 18 USC 2319 (the '92 copyright
infringment change would seem appropriate).

jt