[tor-talk] Court â Official statement part #1

[Eugen Leitl <eugen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Apologies, not sure this has been posted already in the thread, I'm
backlogged.

https://rdns.im/court-official-statement-part-1 

Court â Official statement part #1

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Will

As seen possibly here, or here i lost the Tor case and was sentenced to 3
years probation (instead of 3 months jail) and all fees (court and experts,
Assumption ~30000EUR, not less than 20k for sure).

The sentence is based on Â12 which allows for anyone to be dealt with as
perpetrator (which is a pretty dictatorial law IMO) and this is based on that
i knew it *could* possibly be used for criminal activity (in this case child
pornography).

I wonât write much more yet before i have the written ruling (i do not even
know my probation terms yet) but merely want to explain why i wonât appeal
this sentence:

First would be that I simply canât afford it anymore, donations covered a lot
of lawyer fees but i had to use my entire money on this case as well, iâm now
bankrupt and the garnishment (a rare word, DE: PfÃndung) of my income (to pay
the 20k+ costs) does not help with it either. I have high medical costs as
well besides which are more important. Iâm not really interested in more
external funding due to taxation issues with larger amounts (and i do not
want *another* crime on me).  â Second is that i just want to be done with
this, i had now years of âissuesâ (i would write âharassmentâ but then i get
sued again for sure) (Ex: Citing my boss to the police for questioning (x3);
physically monitoring my boss in Vienna; citing friends to the police for
questioning (x2); confiscation of bank transaction data; Polish extradiction
threats for hacking cases there (x2); citing me for useless questioning
causing lawyer costs (x5+) etc. etc.) â Itâs now finally over and besides the
cost i CAN live with this sentence, it does not show up in police registers
and wonât be an issue for work and alike in the future.  â Third is the
mental component, this years of âhorrorâ changed a lot up to me being
hospitalized (x3â) with paranoid schizophrenia (which was a wrong diagnosis,
but still itâs not helpful if you HAVE to assume permanent monitoring of
everything), PTSD (among other issues) and now taking medication â It took
itâs toll, including me getting fired for being in the clinic/sick stay for a
long time, i just canât afford to loose my job or go the clinic again even if
i actually should be still there.  â Fourth is the attention, media and
personal â I donât really like any attention on myself, especially when
others should get it (like some public cause, Pirateparty or alike).  â

So this is it for now, stay tuned for more in a few days.
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