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Samourai Wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Hill have notified the court of a change of plea – expected to plead guilty. Hearings scheduled for tomorrow 10:00 and 10.30
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thats not a good precedent
If it doesn't go to court than there is no precedent
Of course there will be.
I don't follow the case or pretend to know legalese. I merely know that it's the first case of its kind. The outcome sets the precedent
Prosecutors will look at this case and decide wether it's worth prosecuting or not. If prior cases led to guilty pleads it's a win in their books so the incentive and the standard will be set.
A plea deal doesn't go to court and a court is needed to set a precedent
It still sets a de facto precedent. Judges are not bound by such references, but they can influence plea negotiations, bail decisions, or sentencing in similar cases.
If they plead guilty to advertising misconduct, re: blatantly marketing to "criminal" use cases - then this case is irrelevant.
wtf happened?
Backroom deal...
prosecution realized they fucked up so bad they might lose the case so they leaned on the judge as hard as they could and still have to cut a sweetheart deal to get the guilty plea and the legal precedent they need to keep throwing software developers in jail
Government - "You will obey our laws we set for you, or get fucked take your pick"
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Damn, wonder what precipitated the need to plead guilty…
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Sadge.
They were likely threatened with reputation damage, eternal lawfare and worse unless they made a plea deal. This is how the system works to avoid establishing legal precedents that would be inconvenient to itself.
Tragic. Say it ain't so!
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I hope they do ok
All the money poured into their defense feels like a Honeypot, fuck I hate being right about this garbage.
Hopefully they only plead guilty to their methods of promotion, not their methods of coordination.
Still, if it's only the central hosted (default) whirlpool instance they provided that hurt them - then that's not the worst case scenario either - decentralize & forgo that extra greedification / simplification.
not good.
Back in the day, Ross Ulbricht and Julian Assange were prime examples of "justice".
Every government is a psychopath. And psychopaths always need someone to torture.
Now it's the turn of the Samourai Wallet developers...
Fuck
Sad…
I'd love to know why. Wondering if pleading guilty avoids setting precedent? Any lawyers to clarify on this?
Wtf??
What the fuck
They're trading your xpubs for a lighter sentence.
Rugged
Huh
I’ll be watching what is plead to, but I am cautiously optimistic. #freesamourai
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If they coded a non-custodial tool and are expected to plead guilty, then should for example knife/gun producers be expected to plead guilty, too?
They pled guilty to fighting for a human right
Protocol level privacy or people will keep going to jail.