The
journalist and former Anonymous member says of prison term and fine in
statement: ‘They’re sending me to investigate the prison-industrial complex’
In a
rebuke to a legion of online supporters and what the journalist and one-time
member of Anonymous called a “dangerous precedent”, Barrett Brown was sentenced
to 63 months in prison by a federal judge in Dallas on Thursday.
Brown’s
backers from across the web had hoped he would be able to walk free with his 31
months of time served for what they insist was “merely linking to hacked
material”.
But
the 33-year-old, who was once considered something of a spokesman for the
Anonymous movement, will face more than twice that sentence. The judge also
ordered him to pay more than $890,000 in restitution and fines.
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