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I struggled a bit with where to place this post, and I decided on 'etc..etc' as it has a definite human aspect (bring on a Human Rights thread!).
This will be of particular interest to American members who have not heard of Gary or his plight.
Right now, here in the UK, there is a huge campaign, backed by the public, various celebrities, politicians and intellects to save Gary.
Gary McKinnon hacked into 97 NASA and Pentagon computers from his home in London between 2001 and 2002. Thanks to the US/UK extradition treaty of 2003, Gary now faces an extremely long sentence in a US federal penitentiary if his legal appeal against the extradition fails later this month.
It all sounds like he deserves it, right? Wrong.
Gary McKinnon has Asperger's Syndrome.
The general consensus, I believe, here in the UK is that Gary should not go unpunished.....but, he should be tried in his own country, (where he would receive the maximum jail term of up to 5 years, with the correct support for his condition)...not in the US, where the powers believe that he should be made an example of, and where he could receive up to 60 years in a Fed-Pen, with no support for his condition, and at the mercy of the pressure cooker horror of these prisons.
Any thoughts?
Daily Mail-Gary McKinnon.
More info about Gary's appeal...
FreeGary.org.uk
This will be of particular interest to American members who have not heard of Gary or his plight.
Right now, here in the UK, there is a huge campaign, backed by the public, various celebrities, politicians and intellects to save Gary.
Gary McKinnon hacked into 97 NASA and Pentagon computers from his home in London between 2001 and 2002. Thanks to the US/UK extradition treaty of 2003, Gary now faces an extremely long sentence in a US federal penitentiary if his legal appeal against the extradition fails later this month.
It all sounds like he deserves it, right? Wrong.
Gary McKinnon has Asperger's Syndrome.
The general consensus, I believe, here in the UK is that Gary should not go unpunished.....but, he should be tried in his own country, (where he would receive the maximum jail term of up to 5 years, with the correct support for his condition)...not in the US, where the powers believe that he should be made an example of, and where he could receive up to 60 years in a Fed-Pen, with no support for his condition, and at the mercy of the pressure cooker horror of these prisons.
Any thoughts?
Daily Mail-Gary McKinnon.
More info about Gary's appeal...
FreeGary.org.uk
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