Hacktivist Who Leaked the Steubenville Rape Video Faces 10 Years in Prison as Culprit Walks Free

[marmar]

Remember that awful case in which a couple of high school football stars in Steubenville, Ohio, raped a young girl? Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond were brought to justice thanks to an anonymously hacked cellphone video that revealed the teenage victim was in fact unconscious at the time of the crime.

But in a twist that goes to show how thankless activism can be in our society, Deric Lostutter, the 26-year-old former Truthdigger of the Week responsible for leaking the harrowing clip, is facing a longer prison sentence than the violators themselves. The moral here is that when the NSA hacks into our devices to “fight terrorism,” it’s an act of patriotism but when a civilian attempts to expose injustices, it’s a crime punishable with 10 years in prison.

To add insult to injury, Richmond has recently been released from a juvenile detention center for “good behavior” merely months after being convicted. .....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/hacktivist_who_leaked_the_steubenville_rape_video_faces_10_years_in_prison_

[dionysus]

1. .

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[Jenoch]

3. At leat four others have been charged in this case.

http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1528313

[Iggo]

4. Thank gawd there's no rape culture in this country.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. If it goes to trial please put me on the jury.

[WillyT]

6. K & R !!!

Yep... Moral: Don't mess with the highly successful local high-school football team.

[joeybee12]

7. He made everyone involved look bad...the powers that be are pissed...

Vengenance doesn't just work in NJ apparently.

[rhett o rick]

8. The Powers To Be dont care about crimes like rape. In fact they probably

like their distractions of the masses. The Powers To Be are very worried about citizen hackers that may jeopardize their greedy security. When the fascists come they will not take away the rapists, but the intellectuals.

[lunasun]

17. you know it

stir up the ignorant population against the educated too so that it looks like all approve
not the first time in history
intellectuals /enlightened and aware are not welcomed by fascist movements
This guy dared to rut out a rapist so many wanted to ignore

[Glassunion]

9. Why did he hack the phone?

Was his intent to gather evidence or was he hacking the phone just to do it?

His actions were noble, however he did break a law. If I were in their shoes, I'd have done the same knowing I would face jail time.

[LiberalArkie]

10. Simple, the boys raping are just proving their sexual prowess and the hacker may

steal your credit card info.

That is how they see it as despicable as it is.

[okaawhatever]

11. More b.s. poutrage from the anti-government crowd. I don't even know why this "story" was posted. It

is the same recycled bullcrap that was put out months ago. The TRUTH is...IF he's convicted of the federal criminal aggravated identity theft charges he may face plus other counts he may face, he may get up to ten years. That's not for leaking the video. People need to know the truth about that. Also, the rapists could have faced life in prison, so if you're going to compare what one crime MIGHT have faced vs. the other then it is life in prison for the rapists vs. ??? for leaking the video. You see, he wasn't facing charges for just leaking the video, he was facing charges of aggravated identity theft. The search warrant is on his website.
More greenwald style hype and drama that falls very short of the truth. Here's the truth for those willing to read it.

After the hack, a video appeared on the fan page. It showed a man wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, threatening to release social security numbers and other personal information of Steubenville football players unless they apologized to the rape victim by Jan. 1, 2013.

Lostutter told Mother Jones that he was the one in the video.

But Lostutter says he didn't hack RollRedRoll.com. A 22-year-old from Virginia Beach, Va., who goes by the moniker Batcat, took credit for the hack in an interview with the Steubenville Herald Star back in February

Although Lostutter told HuffPost he never asked Batcat to hack the site, he admitted that he had approached "a lot of people daily" about different hacktivist "operations."

The FBI's search warrant for Lostutter's home states that he may have committed federal crimes such as "computer crimes" and "aggravated identity theft," as well as "identity theft, attempt and conspiracy."

Lostutter told HuffPost he received an email from the FBI saying he would receive a "target letter" indicting him for a federal offense as part of a federal grand jury trial. He has hired a lawyer from the Whistleblower Defense League, a legal activist group that defends journalists, whistleblowers and hackers.

If convicted of federal computer crimes, Lostutter could face up to 10 years in jail, Mother Jones reports. Meanwhile, convicted rapists Ma'lik Richmond and Trent Mays were sentenced to only one year and two years, respectively.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/07/deric-lostutter-raid-kyanonymous-steubenville_n_3403000.html

So, first Lostutter has admitted to being a part of Anonymous and being a hacker. I don't know what all he's participated in, but apparently he's quite active. Second, Lostutter's main charges are for threatening to release the social security numbers and personal info of people unless they apologized to the rape victim by a certain date. Third, I don't know why this story is even coming up. This raid happened early last year and I haven't read any reports of his being indicted by a grand jury. He claims he didn't actually release the video so I don't know if that's why that is. Fourth, it's disingenuous to list a POTENTIAL jail sentence for one crime (when in fact, that's not really what the individual is being charged with) and compare it to an adjudicated actual sentence. Don't fall for the bullshit folks. It's just more of the same folks who routinely paste stuff here 24/7 about the government spying, etc.
I am sympathetic to Lostutter and I will gladly help contribute to his defense. I don't think he should have threatened to release the ss numbers if they didn't apologize because it didn't really accomplish anything. The tape being seen on the internet and the force put on the investigators is what mattered and for that I'm eternally grateful. I am grateful for those who risked jail to help the victim in Steubenville and hope that if he must face charges that they're nullified by a jury. All that being said, he's a known hacker whose house was raided and charges haven't been filed. Sorry, I can't stand behind this poutrage and bullshit journalism.

[marmar]

13. Who, exactly, is the "anti-government crowd"?

WTF are you talking about?

[okaawhatever]

14. Whoever wrote the story, whoever has had it published every month or two since it came out. nt

[niyad]

12. proof positive that there is no rape culture, no war on women in this country.

[Ash_F]

15. Rape is OK to the US justice system. /nt

[davidn3600]

16. He made that entire town and the police look bad, so now they have to punish him