Hacker who exposed Steubenville Rape Case could spend more time behind bars than the rapists. What do you think of this?

This ain't my America. Going to prison for reporting a crime? Wrong!

If the government doesn't stand up for a man's right to get away with rape, who will? Some people think you need to have at least a basic understanding of how technology works in order to legislate on it. This case should change their minds. Go SOPA et al!

Jeez, this gets complicated when you start thinking about it in depth. On the one hand, it seems a travesty that an electronic hacker is facing more jail time than a rapist. On the other hand, the rapists are juveniles and the hacker is an adult. So long as we hold juveniles to different legal standards, this sort of thing will occur. On the one hand, I am grateful to the Anonymous group for exposing things like this. On the other hand, I would not want to be a target in Anonymous's efforts. Given how much I object to my government spying on me, why would I regard private citizens who have no oversight or checks on their behavior with any differently? So I'm not sure what to think.

This is ridiculous. While the hacker shouldn't have done what he did, the rapists have no excuse. They (the rapists) should be put brought to justice, and punished to the fullest extent of the law, excluding the death penalty.

Clearly it is a screwed up world nowadays. If it is to get back on track, and criminals are to get more severely dealt with for killing innocents (even those of a different nationality), than do those who expose some deceitful or anti-citizen government jiggery-pokery, instead of the other way around, then it will require more than a mark on a voting slip and a deep sigh of satisfaction at having put yourself out to secure the nation a bright future.

The problem here is that you have the same answer for 2 conflicting questions. 1. Should he face disciplinary action for breaking the law...Yes 2. Should he be exonerated of misconduct for putting the defense of the realm ahead of his own personal safety and legal needs....YES What has long been needed here is an addition to the criminal code of justice. We need a procedure whereby the State Atty can do his duty and file the obligatory charges against a prospective offender but know that a higher authority such as a Governor can, not drop the charges per se, but under special circumstance (like whistle blowing) give a special class of "Governor's conviction". In short, it would show on the official record that a crime WAS committed...because it was, but for all parties inquiring it would also show that Somebody very important thought that you did all the wrong things for the RIGHT reasons thus no imprisonment or municipal penalty was justified. We can't just say, oh well you broke a law...you meant well. More bad will come of it than good. But in a situation like this, this person did not represent ill will or evil intent. His actions are known as "white hat" hacking...which most hackers actually are. So while his unauthorized actions WERE criminal...the only true victims of his crime were heinous vile individuals who could not be brought to justice/public attention thru conventional means. The same exemptions should also be made to upstanding law enforcement professionals. Some criminals KNOW the game and play it quite well. They are almost untouchable. While we don't want cops feeling they can break the law any time they chose just to rack up "busts". In certain cases where someone has defeated the public soooo long and soooo obviously some clemancy should be given if a few "rules" need to be bent a little. A good case is Al Capone. The whole nation KNEW who the bad guy was...but noone would or could stop him. A police station was probably about the safest place in the world for him at one point. Ridiculous I say!