I freaking love this idea! Elsevier needs to be taken right out of the Academic Research Paper extortion business.
Elsevier's model to stifle and sue any entity that threatens their pay for access model to research papers defeats the whole principal and model behind most research in that it is to be shared so others can learn from it and or build on it.
Not every Educational institution has the financial means to pay the exorbitant amounts that Elsevier demands for access to academic papers under its control, that is even more egregious when you have taxpayer funded educational institutions who are constricted in some of their curriculum offerings because they simply cant afford to pay the prices Elsevier demands for access to the vast areas of academic research papers its holds.
I think that this is a fantastic idea to help combat the Elsevier's of the world, academic research papers should be there for all to review and learn and build on.
I hope this take off and does well, this is people putting their money out there not for profit but for a good cause and it;s one well worth it in my opinion.
Steele and Hansmeier took a lot of cash from people over 6 million dollars and they weren't too worried about getting caught.
For years they lied and deceived the courts and even when faced with facts that their scheme was bullshit, they still lied about and then complained how they were being victimized by the courts.
Even when facing sanctions the lies never stopped, same disregard they had for the the rules of law, they themselves are now facing being at the mercy of the court like so many people who were victims of their extortion scheme.
The real kicker here though it some of the people they tried to make victims fought back, and with defense lawyers of Doe's and FCT & DTD helping shone the light on the Prenda scheme and now Steele and Hansmeier are soon to experience a side of the court that they have never seen.
Steele and Hansmeier deserve every second of jail time they get. Even once the Prenda gravy train came to an end and all the court judgments they faced , they went right to the next best way to extort people for money to not sue, and that is the Americans With Disabilities Act Lawsuits.
The easy settlement cash is obviously too hard for Steele and Hansmeier to give up, and even once they serve their jail time, I fully expect them to be in the background as I am sure they are both going to not be able to act as a member of the bar in the legal profession, but as the brains of some new scheme to extort people for money I am sure we are going to hear there names connected to some new scheme in the future.
Hans law License is suspended, he isn't allowed to practice law, but that doesn't mean he can't consult. Hans hasn't given up the ADA lawsuits, all he did was get his wife ( who is a lawyer btw ) to be the "face" and name on the ADA lawsuits.
You can bet your ass that it is Hans who is still running the show, Browne ( Hans Wife ) is just the front for it. Whether Hans wife will want to wait around 8 year or however long Hans gets remains to be seen.
I would bet that we will see Hans and Steele's name in the new in the future when the next extort people for money scheme they get involved with blows up in their face. Hans and Steele will be back, That is settlement cash is way to easy to resist.
The sad thing is there are other Lawyers doing the extort for settlement scheme, I am hoping now that the FBI and US DOJ have an idea what is going on now that they start to look at the Lawyers who are pulling the same extort for cash lawsuit scheme and start cracking down on these clowns
Holy typos in my original post...apologies folks. Lets try this again:
I am no fan of any child exploitation but this ruling bothers me in the fact that the Judge knows and basically calls out the US DOJ for the tactics used to gather the evidence in the playpen case before the court.
The problem here is that the Judge has called out the FBI methods and warrant that led to the suspect and the evidence at hand, but yet gives the US DOJ a pass and lets them use the tainted evidence anyway.
This in my opinion is the court salvaging the US DOJ's case against this suspect and the court is leaning a little to much into being non impartial in it's ruling.
We are seeing far too many cases where the US DOJ knows full well the methods used in cases are not to the letter of the law and are being allowed to pursue the case forward when evidence should have been tossed. It would seem that the playing field is being tilted in the US DOJ's favor which is wrong in my opinion.
Many of us realize that some of these laws were written way back in the day and due to time and advancement in new technology in electronics and communication has left the statutes less applicable as it applies to the law, but that shouldn't give the US DOJ a pass.
If the statutes are that far out of whack with today's technology then that is up to the goverment to work to bring the statutes up to date or pass new statutes to the penal code to meet today's advancement in tech an communications, and that is up to the politicians to do even though it seems they are to busy grifting cash from lobbyists and PAC's to do this.
What should not happen is that the court knowing full well that the evidence should be tossed but allows it to be used anyways, and that is not the court being impartial and it is prejudicial against the defendant. I have no tolerance for child molesters etc, and they are the lowest form of life in my opinion, but the courts need to be impartial and follow the letter of the law.
The Government expects the citizens to abide by the law and when they dont they are punished for it, but the goverment has to abide by the law as well, and if they or their Law Enforcement agencies break it then the chips should fall as they may, but they should not be allowed to break it and continue on
I am no fan of any child exploitation but this ruling bothers me in the fact that the Judge knows and basically calls out the US DOJ for the tactics used to gather the evidence in the playpen case before the court.
The problem here is that the Judge has called out the FBI methods and warrant that led to the suspect and the evidence at hand, but yet gives the US DOJ a pass and lets them use the tainted evidence anyway.
This in my opinion is the court salvaging the US DOJ's case against this suspect and the court is leaning a little to much into being non impartial in it's ruling.
We are seeing far too many cases where the US DOJ knows full well the methods used in cases are not to the letter of the law and are being allowed to pursue the case forward when evidence should have been tossed. It would seem that the playing field is being tilted in the US DOJ's favor which is wrong in my opinion.
Many of use realize that some of these laws were written way back in the day and due to time and new technology in electronics and communication has left the statutes less applicable to the advances in technology as it applies to the law, but that should give the US DOJ a pass.
If the statutes are that far out of whack with today's technology then that is up to the goverment to work to bring the statutes up to date or pass new statutes to the penal code, and that is up to the politicians to do even though it seems they are to busy grifting cash from lobbyists and PAC's to do this.
What should not happen is that the court knows full well that the evidence should be tossed but allows it to be used anyways, and that is not the court being impartial and it is prejudicial against the defendant. I have no tolerance for child molesters etc, and they are the lowest for of life in my opinion, but the courts need to be impartial and follow the letter of the law.
The Government expects the citizens to abide by the law and when they dont they are punished for it, but the goverment has to abide by the law as well, and if they break it then the chips should fall as they may, but they should not be allowed to break it and continue on
Wow Hollywood's paid legal shills are out in full force to sorten the blow from the ruling in NZ.
Apparently that ruling scared the shit out of Hollywood enough to have all the "Anonymous' lawyers run to any publication that is saying the copyright portion of the US DOJ case against Dotcom isnt valid for extradition.
So imagine that all the anonymous "Lawyers" coming to say how anyone who reports that things aren't all rosey for Team Hollywood, isnt on fact about the ruling and what it means for Dotcom, yet they are here bashing away for reporting what Hollywood doesnt want anyone to know that has always been of much speculation of how Hollywood spun a civil case on copyright infringement into a criminal one.
I'm sure that the Hollywood lawyers will give us a subjective viewpoint.
Law Enforcement agencies from Federal to State to Municipal all love asset forfeiture because that sweet cash doesnt have to be accountable to the taxpayer, it doesnt come into their budget or out of it, it’s free money to them and they want every fucking cent they can get. “what that you say? Your Not Guilty, too bad we’re taking it”, “Guilty..fuck you were still taking it” “Not yours? Fuck you were taking it anyway…” wait is that a shirt on your back, hand that the fuck over now.. taking it”
The fact that of whether you are guilty or not guilty doesnt matter, they can snatch your shit up on a whim. “Where did you get this money?” “You Just got paid, look at your pay stub”..” No Sir, suspected drug money, taking it”
As I said For the Federal, State or Municipal law enforcement agencies it is open season to take what ever you have guilty of a crime or not. This is why the Police association are crying on Trumps shoulder because states are starting to hear from innocent citizens how they are being stopped for traffic violations ( imaginary ones at that ) and of course the litany of excuses to justify searching you and your stuff and car comes into play (smells like marijuana , you were going to fast, you were going to slow, you didnt put your signal on, or an indicator of suspicion talking too much, talking too little, making eye contact, not making eye contact, on the hwy or interstate where some had a joint in their car one day or a trunk full of drugs or none at all) any excuse they can use to justify stopping you all to se what they can loot from you.
Used to be you had to worry about being robbed by shady characters or being stuck up by some druggie looking for quick cash for a fix or some crackhead, well fear not friends.. next time you see your local crackhead with a knife wanting your wallet, flash him a friendly smile and hand him over that wallet and ATM code for that bank card because your going to thank your lucky stars it was just some crackhead not the fucking cops who would have stuck a gun in your ribs and stole your shit for nothing, at least the crackhead did it for drugs, not the cops it is all about safety and thwarting crime that you got stopped on the way to your job or to visit family and friend.
Hell when you see tow truck drivers speeding thru school zones on their way to fight parking crime, you’ll even have respect for them after they have handed you that grossly over inflated towing bill and you'll still want to give them a friendly wave more than you will that cop that pulls up beside you and glances your way with his Foster Grant sunglasses on and a look of constipation on his face and a wry smile while thinking to himself “ooh a corvette, we dont have one of them there fancy things for the impound auction yet, bet that fella in the suit and tie there stole it, better pull him over”
Yes no need to fear the little crackheads and hooligans breaking into houses or businesses or jacking people for cars and cash or those rapists and murders, no no you have to watch for the real crooks with the cars that say P-O-L-I-C-E on them, those are the bandits who are going to jack your shit in the name of the law even when you have committed no crime.
Yup your innocent but they want a cut of something they never should have taken from you in the first place, you bet your ass they do. It’s still free money to them no matter what, and to them if they cant get it all they will sure take a fucking consolidation prize.
Hence why your seeing Law Enforcement bitch about states enacting legislation so they cant abuse the forfeiture laws on a whim and actually need to secure a conviction. You would think that Law Enforcement would want to make sure they have it right before they sell your shit for fun and profit right? Nope, it is of no interest to them, they just want to get that cash for your stash because it is all free money for toys and slush funds and god knows what else, because they dont have to account for it.
I am waiting to see where this is going to lead us, and I will tell you right now, get ready to see a lot more police chases, a lot more violent confrontations, a lot more officer initiated shootings, and a lot more civil lawsuits and constitutional violations.
If Law Enforcement thinks things are bad now between it and the public wait till this asset forfeiture starts to become more and more common and more and more abused, shit will hit the fan big time. If you ever wondered why citizens don’t trust the Police this is another item you can add to the growing list of reasons why and how it grows more and more everyday.
While I agree that people who break the law and get punished by being sent to jail for it have to suck it up and do there time, I don't agree with the fact that an inmate needs to pay an outrageous amount to talk to their family/friends.
There are a ton of people who dont have the means inside jail with prison inmate jobs or whose families have the means to pay the insane per minute fees to talk to the person who is behind bars.
Inmates dont get hours and hours to sit and blab on the phone, their is a que to get on the phone and then you are only allotted so much time and then your time is up and it is the next persons in line's time.
Inmates do not just have free access to the phone anytime they want, it is restricted just like visitation is and yes inmates can lose both those privileges, much like they can with time in the gym or exercise yard, or being confined to their cell.
Should inmates have to pay for their phone privileges, yes, they should, but they shouldn't be gouged for them. Prison isnt like being at daycare, I doubt anyone here wouldn't have their sanity tested being behind bars especially those that are looking at years and years.
Inmates are separated from everything that they knew outside of the prison, and they are subjected to a whole new world once they are inside and ask anyone who has been there it isnt any picnic, your at way more risk inside than you were outside.
Inmates are paying for their crimes make no mistake about it, and they are separated from family and friends be that as it may there is no reason to gouge them with exorbitant phone rates to make a phone call. The companies that supply the services to the prisons make bank on it as it is, they are upgrading these services all the time, this isnt like AT&T having major cost to keep up with technological advances to benefit consumer or cities.. it's a captive market (literally) Prisoners cant just decide they dont like the service they are getting and go elsewhere.
Inmates connections to their families and friends are about all that keep some of the inmates from taking their life or someone else's inside and it is no joke. Do the companies that provide the service have a right to a profit sure, most would agree to that, but they do not need to gouge the fuck out of the inmates to do it.
To an extent, but look how much information they are hoovering up without our knowledge. The Snowden leaks have show us all just what the Government agencies have the capabilities to do, how much other methods are there that we dont know about?
There is probably much more that hasn't leaked out yet, I am sure we are all going to be surprised yet again at some new revelation
So basically on a whim an agent can decide to start investigating everything they can on you or about you and work to build a case, then use this information to start an official investigation and cover up the fact that there was a ton of information gathered on or about you which was purposed to unoffically and without a legal basis thus allowing the FBI to get the means to launch one officially with affidavits and warrants for wiretaps, surveillance, records, ect and leave everything gathered before the legal investigation out of the disclosure to ensure the case doesnt get tossed.
So much for that thing called the Constitution and your rights
Looks like Ms.Dehen has been trying a little damage control and has been going back and deleting all her tweets in regard to this lawsuit and her record time in writing her complaint and her working on drafting a second complaint.
I have to wonder if Ms.Dehen knows that once you put this out there it is hard to contain it afterward especially with resources like the Internet Wayback Machine.
One would have to assume that the sound thinking that went into drafting and filing the original complaint and the publicity her filing has received was not part of her plan, so much that She is deleting tweets in hopes that the criticism of her writing of her complaint and the tweets that followed would temper down the response to it and make it fade away, isn't really going to work like that.
If I were in her shoes I would get that complaint she drafted and filed withdrawn and before Twitter files a response, otherwise she might be headed for expensive lesson about litigation.
Mind you the defendants counsel may take pity on Ms.Dehen and not ask her to bare their costs, but then again no one has to take pity on her either because they were named in her complaint
Looks like this is the fake twitter account. Could be the original fake account got banned. I sure hope this is the fake account cause if it isn't ...hoo boy
Unfortunately now education with all the funding cutbacks and the herd them in and out as quick as possible has really left a lot of graduating students from High School not having any real plan about furthering their education nor ready to enter into the workforce.
Not to mention you have those who graduated by the skin of their teeth and cant pursue secondary education due to the fact they cant meet the educational requirements to enter into post secondary institutions which means they either enter the workforce with minimal prospects or they end up going into a secondary education institution that offers degrees that mean zip in the real world and are all about getting that student enrolled for the loan money and if said students gets anything out of education wise would be nothing short of a miracle.
It is a sad reality that a lot of students are not going to fare better in the job market because of the get them in and out mentality.
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Elsevier's model to stifle and sue any entity that threatens their pay for access model to research papers defeats the whole principal and model behind most research in that it is to be shared so others can learn from it and or build on it.
Not every Educational institution has the financial means to pay the exorbitant amounts that Elsevier demands for access to academic papers under its control, that is even more egregious when you have taxpayer funded educational institutions who are constricted in some of their curriculum offerings because they simply cant afford to pay the prices Elsevier demands for access to the vast areas of academic research papers its holds.
I think that this is a fantastic idea to help combat the Elsevier's of the world, academic research papers should be there for all to review and learn and build on.
I hope this take off and does well, this is people putting their money out there not for profit but for a good cause and it;s one well worth it in my opinion.
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Bank on Hollywood trying to get this feature in every country it can pressure into it
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For years they lied and deceived the courts and even when faced with facts that their scheme was bullshit, they still lied about and then complained how they were being victimized by the courts.
Even when facing sanctions the lies never stopped, same disregard they had for the the rules of law, they themselves are now facing being at the mercy of the court like so many people who were victims of their extortion scheme.
The real kicker here though it some of the people they tried to make victims fought back, and with defense lawyers of Doe's and FCT & DTD helping shone the light on the Prenda scheme and now Steele and Hansmeier are soon to experience a side of the court that they have never seen.
Steele and Hansmeier deserve every second of jail time they get. Even once the Prenda gravy train came to an end and all the court judgments they faced , they went right to the next best way to extort people for money to not sue, and that is the Americans With Disabilities Act Lawsuits.
The easy settlement cash is obviously too hard for Steele and Hansmeier to give up, and even once they serve their jail time, I fully expect them to be in the background as I am sure they are both going to not be able to act as a member of the bar in the legal profession, but as the brains of some new scheme to extort people for money I am sure we are going to hear there names connected to some new scheme in the future.
Hans law License is suspended, he isn't allowed to practice law, but that doesn't mean he can't consult. Hans hasn't given up the ADA lawsuits, all he did was get his wife ( who is a lawyer btw ) to be the "face" and name on the ADA lawsuits.
You can bet your ass that it is Hans who is still running the show, Browne ( Hans Wife ) is just the front for it. Whether Hans wife will want to wait around 8 year or however long Hans gets remains to be seen.
I would bet that we will see Hans and Steele's name in the new in the future when the next extort people for money scheme they get involved with blows up in their face. Hans and Steele will be back, That is settlement cash is way to easy to resist.
The sad thing is there are other Lawyers doing the extort for settlement scheme, I am hoping now that the FBI and US DOJ have an idea what is going on now that they start to look at the Lawyers who are pulling the same extort for cash lawsuit scheme and start cracking down on these clowns
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Lets try this again:
I am no fan of any child exploitation but this ruling bothers me in the fact that the Judge knows and basically calls out the US DOJ for the tactics used to gather the evidence in the playpen case before the court.
The problem here is that the Judge has called out the FBI methods and warrant that led to the suspect and the evidence at hand, but yet gives the US DOJ a pass and lets them use the tainted evidence anyway.
This in my opinion is the court salvaging the US DOJ's case against this suspect and the court is leaning a little to much into being non impartial in it's ruling.
We are seeing far too many cases where the US DOJ knows full well the methods used in cases are not to the letter of the law and are being allowed to pursue the case forward when evidence should have been tossed. It would seem that the playing field is being tilted in the US DOJ's favor which is wrong in my opinion.
Many of us realize that some of these laws were written way back in the day and due to time and advancement in new technology in electronics and communication has left the statutes less applicable as it applies to the law, but that shouldn't give the US DOJ a pass.
If the statutes are that far out of whack with today's technology then that is up to the goverment to work to bring the statutes up to date or pass new statutes to the penal code to meet today's advancement in tech an communications, and that is up to the politicians to do even though it seems they are to busy grifting cash from lobbyists and PAC's to do this.
What should not happen is that the court knowing full well that the evidence should be tossed but allows it to be used anyways, and that is not the court being impartial and it is prejudicial against the defendant. I have no tolerance for child molesters etc, and they are the lowest form of life in my opinion, but the courts need to be impartial and follow the letter of the law.
The Government expects the citizens to abide by the law and when they dont they are punished for it, but the goverment has to abide by the law as well, and if they or their Law Enforcement agencies break it then the chips should fall as they may, but they should not be allowed to break it and continue on
On the post: Judge: FBI's NIT Warrant Invalid And IP Addresses Do Have An Expectation Of Privacy, But No Suppression Granted
The problem here is that the Judge has called out the FBI methods and warrant that led to the suspect and the evidence at hand, but yet gives the US DOJ a pass and lets them use the tainted evidence anyway.
This in my opinion is the court salvaging the US DOJ's case against this suspect and the court is leaning a little to much into being non impartial in it's ruling.
We are seeing far too many cases where the US DOJ knows full well the methods used in cases are not to the letter of the law and are being allowed to pursue the case forward when evidence should have been tossed. It would seem that the playing field is being tilted in the US DOJ's favor which is wrong in my opinion.
Many of use realize that some of these laws were written way back in the day and due to time and new technology in electronics and communication has left the statutes less applicable to the advances in technology as it applies to the law, but that should give the US DOJ a pass.
If the statutes are that far out of whack with today's technology then that is up to the goverment to work to bring the statutes up to date or pass new statutes to the penal code, and that is up to the politicians to do even though it seems they are to busy grifting cash from lobbyists and PAC's to do this.
What should not happen is that the court knows full well that the evidence should be tossed but allows it to be used anyways, and that is not the court being impartial and it is prejudicial against the defendant. I have no tolerance for child molesters etc, and they are the lowest for of life in my opinion, but the courts need to be impartial and follow the letter of the law.
The Government expects the citizens to abide by the law and when they dont they are punished for it, but the goverment has to abide by the law as well, and if they break it then the chips should fall as they may, but they should not be allowed to break it and continue on
On the post: New Zealand Court Says Kim Dotcom Still Eligible For Extradition... But Not Over Copyright
Apparently that ruling scared the shit out of Hollywood enough to have all the "Anonymous' lawyers run to any publication that is saying the copyright portion of the US DOJ case against Dotcom isnt valid for extradition.
So imagine that all the anonymous "Lawyers" coming to say how anyone who reports that things aren't all rosey for Team Hollywood, isnt on fact about the ruling and what it means for Dotcom, yet they are here bashing away for reporting what Hollywood doesnt want anyone to know that has always been of much speculation of how Hollywood spun a civil case on copyright infringement into a criminal one.
I'm sure that the Hollywood lawyers will give us a subjective viewpoint.
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The fact that of whether you are guilty or not guilty doesnt matter, they can snatch your shit up on a whim. “Where did you get this money?” “You Just got paid, look at your pay stub”..” No Sir, suspected drug money, taking it”
As I said For the Federal, State or Municipal law enforcement agencies it is open season to take what ever you have guilty of a crime or not. This is why the Police association are crying on Trumps shoulder because states are starting to hear from innocent citizens how they are being stopped for traffic violations ( imaginary ones at that ) and of course the litany of excuses to justify searching you and your stuff and car comes into play (smells like marijuana , you were going to fast, you were going to slow, you didnt put your signal on, or an indicator of suspicion talking too much, talking too little, making eye contact, not making eye contact, on the hwy or interstate where some had a joint in their car one day or a trunk full of drugs or none at all) any excuse they can use to justify stopping you all to se what they can loot from you.
Used to be you had to worry about being robbed by shady characters or being stuck up by some druggie looking for quick cash for a fix or some crackhead, well fear not friends.. next time you see your local crackhead with a knife wanting your wallet, flash him a friendly smile and hand him over that wallet and ATM code for that bank card because your going to thank your lucky stars it was just some crackhead not the fucking cops who would have stuck a gun in your ribs and stole your shit for nothing, at least the crackhead did it for drugs, not the cops it is all about safety and thwarting crime that you got stopped on the way to your job or to visit family and friend.
Hell when you see tow truck drivers speeding thru school zones on their way to fight parking crime, you’ll even have respect for them after they have handed you that grossly over inflated towing bill and you'll still want to give them a friendly wave more than you will that cop that pulls up beside you and glances your way with his Foster Grant sunglasses on and a look of constipation on his face and a wry smile while thinking to himself “ooh a corvette, we dont have one of them there fancy things for the impound auction yet, bet that fella in the suit and tie there stole it, better pull him over”
Yes no need to fear the little crackheads and hooligans breaking into houses or businesses or jacking people for cars and cash or those rapists and murders, no no you have to watch for the real crooks with the cars that say P-O-L-I-C-E on them, those are the bandits who are going to jack your shit in the name of the law even when you have committed no crime.
Yup your innocent but they want a cut of something they never should have taken from you in the first place, you bet your ass they do. It’s still free money to them no matter what, and to them if they cant get it all they will sure take a fucking consolidation prize.
Hence why your seeing Law Enforcement bitch about states enacting legislation so they cant abuse the forfeiture laws on a whim and actually need to secure a conviction. You would think that Law Enforcement would want to make sure they have it right before they sell your shit for fun and profit right? Nope, it is of no interest to them, they just want to get that cash for your stash because it is all free money for toys and slush funds and god knows what else, because they dont have to account for it.
I am waiting to see where this is going to lead us, and I will tell you right now, get ready to see a lot more police chases, a lot more violent confrontations, a lot more officer initiated shootings, and a lot more civil lawsuits and constitutional violations.
If Law Enforcement thinks things are bad now between it and the public wait till this asset forfeiture starts to become more and more common and more and more abused, shit will hit the fan big time. If you ever wondered why citizens don’t trust the Police this is another item you can add to the growing list of reasons why and how it grows more and more everyday.
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There are a ton of people who dont have the means inside jail with prison inmate jobs or whose families have the means to pay the insane per minute fees to talk to the person who is behind bars.
Inmates dont get hours and hours to sit and blab on the phone, their is a que to get on the phone and then you are only allotted so much time and then your time is up and it is the next persons in line's time.
Inmates do not just have free access to the phone anytime they want, it is restricted just like visitation is and yes inmates can lose both those privileges, much like they can with time in the gym or exercise yard, or being confined to their cell.
Should inmates have to pay for their phone privileges, yes, they should, but they shouldn't be gouged for them. Prison isnt like being at daycare, I doubt anyone here wouldn't have their sanity tested being behind bars especially those that are looking at years and years.
Inmates are separated from everything that they knew outside of the prison, and they are subjected to a whole new world once they are inside and ask anyone who has been there it isnt any picnic, your at way more risk inside than you were outside.
Inmates are paying for their crimes make no mistake about it, and they are separated from family and friends be that as it may there is no reason to gouge them with exorbitant
phone rates to make a phone call. The companies that supply the services to the prisons make bank on it as it is, they are upgrading these services all the time, this isnt like AT&T having major cost to keep up with technological advances to benefit consumer or cities.. it's a captive market (literally) Prisoners cant just decide they dont like the service they are getting and go elsewhere.
Inmates connections to their families and friends are about all that keep some of the inmates from taking their life or someone else's inside and it is no joke. Do the companies that provide the service have a right to a profit sure, most would agree to that, but they do not need to gouge the fuck out of the inmates to do it.
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There is probably much more that hasn't leaked out yet, I am sure we are all going to be surprised yet again at some new revelation
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So much for that thing called the Constitution and your rights
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I have to wonder if Ms.Dehen knows that once you put this out there it is hard to contain it afterward especially with resources like the Internet Wayback Machine.
One would have to assume that the sound thinking that went into drafting and filing the original complaint and the publicity her filing has received was not part of her plan, so much that She is deleting tweets in hopes that the criticism of her writing of her complaint and the tweets that followed would temper down the response to it and make it fade away, isn't really going to work like that.
If I were in her shoes I would get that complaint she drafted and filed withdrawn and before Twitter files a response, otherwise she might be headed for expensive lesson about litigation.
Mind you the defendants counsel may take pity on Ms.Dehen and not ask her to bare their costs, but then again no one has to take pity on her either because they were named in her complaint
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Not to mention you have those who graduated by the skin of their teeth and cant pursue secondary education due to the fact they cant meet the educational requirements to enter into post secondary institutions which means they either enter the workforce with minimal prospects or they end up going into a secondary education institution that offers degrees that mean zip in the real world and are all about getting that student enrolled for the loan money and if said students gets anything out of education wise would be nothing short of a miracle.
It is a sad reality that a lot of students are not going to fare better in the job market because of the get them in and out mentality.
On the post: Recent Law School Grad Sues Twitter Because Someone Made A Parody Twitter Account
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I believe explains some bad ass lawyering on her part and explains the first rule of holes.
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