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Teen behind hundreds of swatting attacks pleads guilty to federal charges

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242 points LinuxBender | 2 comments | 18 Nov 24 00:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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tomcam ◴[18 Nov 24 01:28 UTC] No.42168915[source]▶
Not sure why swatting isn’t treated like attempted murder
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drexlspivey ◴[18 Nov 24 02:14 UTC] No.42169121[source]▶
Well he is facing 20 years
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saghm ◴[18 Nov 24 02:19 UTC] No.42169148[source]▶
That's a pretty light sentence for 375 murder attempts and threats.
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nomilk ◴[18 Nov 24 02:44 UTC] No.42169281[source]▶
Not to mention the opportunity cost: victims of real violent/urgent situations who couldn't access timely protection, as well as the cost to society of perpetrators who marginally escaped while law enforcement were occupied tending to fake call outs.
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leoqa ◴[18 Nov 24 14:31 UTC] No.42172566{3}[source]▶
He could face local charges in those jurisdictions? Does double jeopardy prevent each county seeking their own sentence?
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wavemode ◴[18 Nov 24 15:06 UTC] No.42172953{4}[source]▶
Yes, they can't charge him again for the same physical act.

His federal guilty plea appears to admit to 375 swatting calls. So I don't think the state or local courts can subsequently charge him for any of those calls - they would need to find evidence of some separate calls.

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1. aidenn0 ◴[18 Nov 24 17:55 UTC] No.42174956{5}[source]▶
IANAL, but some googling suggests you are wrong about that:

https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/blog/federal-crimes/is-it-doubl...

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2. wavemode ◴[18 Nov 24 21:49 UTC] No.42177473[source]▶
You're right, I stand corrected.