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    849 points dvektor | 11 comments | 16 Jun 25 12:32 UTC | HN request time: 1.564s | source | bottom
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    bjorkandkd[dead post] ◴[16 Jun 25 13:50 UTC] No.44289491[source]▶
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    1. calmoo ◴[16 Jun 25 13:59 UTC] No.44289560[source]▶
    Not to defend the author, but I think a more generous reading of this section from the blogpost:

    > A brief summary is that I'm currently serving prison time for poor decisions and lifestyle choices I made in my twenties, all related to drugs.

    Is that their poor decisions were related to drugs.

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    2. Hamuko ◴[16 Jun 25 14:00 UTC] No.44289571[source]▶
    The blog article that he links to has this in it:

    >My name is Preston Thorpe, I'm 31 years old and I've spent just under 10 years of my life in Prison (all for non-violent drug crimes.)

    https://pthorpe92.dev/intro/my-story/

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    3. riv991 ◴[16 Jun 25 14:01 UTC] No.44289575[source]▶
    In his earlier blog post that this one links, he says:

    > I've spent just under 10 years of my life in Prison (all for non-violent drug crimes.)

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    4. qualeed ◴[16 Jun 25 14:03 UTC] No.44289595[source]▶
    Seems accurate. He was convicted of drug crimes, not assault.

    People are real quick to forget about innocent until proven guilty for some reason.

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    5. calmoo ◴[16 Jun 25 14:06 UTC] No.44289624[source]▶
    Still accurate though
    6. dylan604 ◴[16 Jun 25 14:12 UTC] No.44289684{3}[source]▶
    There's also a difference of being guilty of doing something but never having charges brought against you. Many times in domestic violence cases we see the victim not press charges. It doesn't mean the victim was not the recipient of violence.
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    7. qualeed ◴[16 Jun 25 14:16 UTC] No.44289728{4}[source]▶
    Whatever speculations you want to make, the person was not convicted of assault.

    It's not the place of random hacker news commenters to try to and hold assault against him because you think, after reading 2 minutes about the case, that he should have been convicted.

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    8. diggan ◴[16 Jun 25 14:19 UTC] No.44289764[source]▶
    Which doesn't seem to be wrong? At least from the linked document, he went to prison for non-violent drug crimes, unless I misunderstand what the document says?
    9. dylan604 ◴[16 Jun 25 15:11 UTC] No.44290349{5}[source]▶
    I never said anything about this specific case. Everything I said was generic differences between actually doing something and not having charges brought vs given the presumption of innocence while defense against charges.
    10. pookha ◴[16 Jun 25 15:14 UTC] No.44290388[source]▶
    Him claiming he's in prison for non-violent crimes (like he's your local herb dealer) takes gumption...Authorities linked his Carfentanil escapades to several deaths.
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    11. djrj477dhsnv ◴[16 Jun 25 15:40 UTC] No.44290643{3}[source]▶
    Indirectly causing a death doesn't make a crime violent. A doctor guilty of fatal negligence isn't a violent criminal either.