Posted by HibiscuzBeaver on 11/13/05 23:55

"kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> wrote in message
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> "HibiscuzBeaver" <christy@netease.net> wrote in message
> news:dl1fte01nso@enews2.newsguy.com...
>>
>> "Edward Teach" <eteach@aarrgghh.org> wrote in message
>> news:11n721bo5qr0e91@corp.supernews.com...
>>>I heard on a recent radio news broadcast that lawmakers are considering
>>> penalties of up to six years in prison for P2P file sharers. Welcome to
>>> the
>>> U$A.
>>>
>>>
>> Well that will be a whole bunch of people getting jail time if they do go
>> through with it. I don't think prison systems in the USA have enough
>> room.
>
> There are two prison systems in the USA, State and Federal. File sharing
> is
> a Federal offence. Although State prisons are overcrowded there was a
> massive expansion of the Federal prisons system in the 1980s so there is
> plenty of room to house new offenders. Also there is no parole or plea
> bargaining in the Federal prison system so six years will mean six years.
>
> (kim)
>
>
So the Federal Prison systems can house all the p2p users?, I think not.

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