The decision to fine rather than send Bawer to jail could have serious implications for the fight against internet piracy.
Further, these types of offenses send people to jail every day in this country.
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In an industry where image is everything, this is something that could derail his career forever and send him to jail for several months.
Some two months ago, a 27-year old computer hacker named Aaron Swartz committed suicide rather than face a federal indictment that he thought might send him to jail for a lot of years.
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Last month it gave Mr Cubas three days to send his buddy back to jail.
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan's alleged lie to a police officer investigating a car crash last June could send the actress back to jail next month.
Homosexuality has gone from being a criminal offense that could, and did, send writer Oscar Wilde to jail in England, to a comic staple in movies and TV shows, to a subject of serious constitutional study.
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Sheriffs can, for example, send troublemakers to mental-health treatment instead of jail.
The real message that we need to send to athletes is that if you get caught cheating, you're going to go to jail.
"No one wants to send a 13-year-old genius who loves Harry Potter and his snuggle animal collection to jail, " she wrote in her blog.
Do you simply put them in jail for a period of time and then send them back permanently to their home country?
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