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WannaCry reverse-engineer Marcus Hutchins hit with fresh charges

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US Federal prosecutors have a 93-98% conviction rate (depending on which statistics you believe). This is how they get there - load on more and more charges and then offer a plea deal for the poor victim who has run out of money to pay his/her lawyers.

Note that I have no idea whether or not Mr Hutchins is innocent, but if I were in this case I'd be looking for whatever deal lets them deport me back to the UK in as little time as possible. They are not going to give up on this and admit they were wrong and they have unlimited resources and time to find something, anything, to charge him with.

Remember also that most people in the US don't get paid time off for jury service so the jury is made up of people too bored or stupid to avoid jury duty and its $50/day plus "reasonable transportation and parking costs". Do you want to be judged on a complex, technical subject by people for whom $50 a day is a pay increase?

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