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rlpb on June 25, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Petition to stop extradition of UK hacker

> Whoever runs the DNS aided and abeted the alledged crime. Google is just as guilty by this precedence being set.

This would never stand in criminal law. Criminal law cares about intent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea

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