I'm deeply saddened about the news regarding Mike Hawash. I hope the whole story gets told one day, in his own words.

posted by Lorna Brown at 1:54 AM

A man accused of storing child pornography on his computer has been cleared after it emerged that his computer had been infected by a Trojan horse, which was responsible for transferring the images onto his PC.

Green told The Evening Standard that the experience wrecked his life because he was treated like a depraved sex fiend. "I had never been in trouble before. In cases like this it is not innocent until proved guilty, but the other way around," he said.

I can't imagine what this guy must have gone through. This is exactly the reason why we can't continue to litigate high tech cases using old-fashioned rules. I would wager a guess that the personality traits that attract individuals to seek a career within the legal system are not the same personality traits that encourage exploring new social paradigms in a technological era.

posted by Lorna Brown at 4:57 PM