I found this through a youtube movie.http://www.change.org/petitions/release-my-son-justin-carter-in-jail-for-a-facebook-comment . Some kid who replied to a post being sarcasticly in his answer got someone on facebook upset and reported him to the authorities. Now he has served over 4-5 month in jail for a joke. Its a crazy read and those of you who are US citizens can help by signing the petition on the link above.
Justin Carter put in jail for being sarcastic.
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It still should have been called "Princess of Mars", J Carter was a stupid title.
Yep it is insane, however it's not the first one, some kids been in jail for ~10months for something similar and has now pleaded guilty and faces is it 10years. This kid will be the same, crazy American laws.
As someone said on youtube, what ever happened to evidence. No guns, no plans, good character witnesses. Yet forced to plead guilty as he wouldn't be found innocent.
As someone said on youtube, what ever happened to evidence. No guns, no plans, good character witnesses. Yet forced to plead guilty as he wouldn't be found innocent.
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Muricah!
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For the record this is what he said:-
"I'm ****** in the head alright, I think I'ma shoot up a kindergarten and watch the blood of the innocent rain down and eat their still-beating hearts,".
It wasn't the smartest thing in the world to say but when I was his age I've probably said things that could land you in jail nowadays as a joke. Context is obviously important and missing here.
Lets be clear, this would probably happen in the UK too.
"I'm ****** in the head alright, I think I'ma shoot up a kindergarten and watch the blood of the innocent rain down and eat their still-beating hearts,".
It wasn't the smartest thing in the world to say but when I was his age I've probably said things that could land you in jail nowadays as a joke. Context is obviously important and missing here.
Lets be clear, this would probably happen in the UK too.
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God bless America and Britain who follows her lead. I'm mean we wouldn't put people in jail for Facebook posts, would we?
I don't like where the world is going to...
I don't like where the world is going to...
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It is something that should not be posted on facebook after all the shootings and stabbings. It was probably insensitive to post something like that.
It is something that should not be posted on facebook after all the shootings and stabbings. It was probably insensitive to post something like that.
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He might have been investigated, but I'm not sure he would currently be in prison facing 8 years for that over here.
Would he?
The way we play follow the leader with the states, nothing would surprise me any more.
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He might have been investigated, but I'm not sure he would currently be in prison facing 8 years for that over here.
Would he?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-11736785
Convicted and fined for a joke on twitter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/14/woolwich-attack-racist-facebook-posts
Stupid idiot but obviously a joke getting a suspended sentence.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oct/08/april-jones-teenager-jailed-facebook
3 months for a terrible sense of humour or being a **** you decide.
Being that we are in the UK, we'd probably give him a lighter sentence and our prisons would probably be less harsh, but if a school shooting happened here and someone posted something akin to that, based on the above, they'd probably end up with a conviction and possibly doing some actual time.
I'm of the opinion nobody should face prosecution for talking crap on the internet. Sure, keep an eye on the guy if you think he might be serious but until he does something wrong, leave him alone. Go after the guys organising riots on twitter, OK fair enough. Don't chase down kids because someone who didn't need to consume their crap got offended.
That's not to say you should get away with harrasment. If I email you death threats I would expect a stern talking to and if I persisted I would imagine more could happen. But that's a far cry from posting something on my own feed that you've chosen to follow on your own accord.
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The airport one was clearly a joke and anyone with a decent head on their shoulders is able to recognise that because it's a completely ridiculous statement poking fun at our current culture of irrational fear around airport threats. Obviously nobody would have expected to get convicted for this.
Matthew Woods comments were extremely distasteful but at least some of them like "Who in their right mind would abduct a ginger kid?" were obviously a joke. Others just came across as trolling but he no doubt did that because he's juvenile enough to think it's funny. It's not but failing at being funny is hardly worth prison.
The daft bint talking about burning down a mosque is hardly serious. She's trying to act cool by appealing to popular crude opinion amoung her peers along the lines of "LOL muslims are bad" or some other crap. You could easily suggest what she was saying was a joke, though you could also suggest she's just a ******* idiot.
Personally if you don't see the similarities, I'd suggest you're just a bit daft yourself. Take the stick outa your **** and understand we don't all share your sense of humour and stop trying to define what is and is not a joke based on your own standards. It simply is not up to you.
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The Airport guy had his conviction quashed by the way.