But: He really must be acquitted for the actions he is now in jail for. There is just no way this should ever be punishable. Otherwise it would set a very bad precedent for corporation bullying of people that uncover negligence when it comes to customer security.
Courts should evaluate whether the guy broke the law and whether the law is consistent with constitution. His trolling activities and personality should not play much role when determining guilt.
Courts should evaluate...whether the law is consistent with constitution.
This seems to be a big misunderstanding in the tech world. Courts already do make sure laws are consistent with the Constitution; that is one of their primary jobs. But they primarily do this when the law is challenged--usually when it is first introduced or on its first application to a novel set of facts. The courts do not re-determine the constitutionality of a law every time a criminal case proceeds, and especially not when the constitutionality of the law has already been addressed in prior cases.
I don't know what he did (heard his name for the first time today) but if it weren't crimes then he definitely should be 'outside of prison walls'. No matter how much you don't like him or how much his actions made you feel bad.
Some context about weev. (And of course regardless of my preferences he should be free unless convicted of a crime)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html?p...
However, weev also needs to stop being such an asshole about other things and being so proud of that.