In early 2019, Martin Gottesfeld of Anonymous was sentenced under America’s “Computer Fraud and Abuse Act” to 10 years in federal prison for his alleged role in the 2014 DDoS attacks on healthcare and treatment facilities around Boston. (Gottesfeld was sentenced by the same judge who oversaw the Aaron Swartz case.)
Gottesfeld has just filed his first appeal, and Slashdot reader Danngggg shares this new interview with Gottesfeld’s attorney Brandon Sample. The upshot?
Brandon Sample: If the court agrees with our arguments, for example, on the Speedy Trial Act, then that would result in dismissal of the indictment against him. And so, he would have no conviction at that point. There’s a variety of different outcomes that could potentially flow from the arguments that have been raised in the appeal. If he wins, say for example, the argument that his lawyer should have been allowed off the case, well, then that would undo the conviction as well, and he would be entitled to another trial.
If the indictment is dismissed, then the government is going to have to make a decision about whether or not this is really a case that they want to prosecute all over again…
Daily Wire: Do you see this being successful, a strong case?
Brandon Sample: The appeal? I think we have a really good chance. I do.
of this story at Slashdot.
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