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I think there are states in America where you can go to prison for stealing a pack of bubble gum.

So I won't really cry for the targets here.

>Number of people arrested for a marijuana law violation in 2017: 659,700

http://www.drugpolicy.org/issues/drug-war-statistics

Yeah, I'm not going to even bat an eye about millionaires and billionaires going to jail for actual crimes and damage done to significant parts of the population. We need to start putting more millionaires and billionaires in jail for crimes instead of black teenagers for having 2 grams of weed in their pocket.

Would you if developers start going to jail for leaks?

I'm working in a field where there is a slim, but non-zero chance of going to jail if my software fails.

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