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Story: Punishment fails to fit the cybercrime

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oh god.

please tell us how locking up a teenager for another couple of years is going to solve worldwide cyber-crime. Do you really think the virus coders believe they will get caught?

And what are they going to do after release from prison (at huge cost to the taxpayer), unable to get a decent job, and armed with years of knowledge and contacts in 'real' crime too?

Perhaps the comparison with the (ridiculous) marijuana sentencing says more about the hugely successful 'war on drugs' than the appropriate sentencing for unrelated crimes..

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