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I don't get itI don't get itPosted Dec 1, 2010 22:14 UTC (Wed) by sez (guest, #71571)In reply to: I don't get it by jackb Parent article: The dark side of open source conferences
I understand your view Jack but for all sorts of reasons criminal proceedings fail. Most of those reasons don't have anything to do with whether the behavior was actually criminal, or even wrong. Also it might be months before the matter is dealt with in court. And all the person is free to come and go from the conference - the police aren't going to lock a person up for a week waiting for a court appearance. What the conf does with regard to dealing with the matter here is crucial - do they fail to act, sit on their hands and say "its up to the authorities" ...? How will that look if/when the authorities fail?
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I don't get it Posted Dec 1, 2010 22:17 UTC (Wed) by jackb (subscriber, #41909) [Link]
Having someone taken away in handcuffs or even just be forced to explain themselves to the police is a pretty powerful deterrent even if prosecution fails.
I don't get it Posted Dec 7, 2010 15:04 UTC (Tue) by sez (guest, #71571) [Link]
You've watched too many cop shows.
Investigations into matters like this involve medical examinations, and taking of statements from witnesses and the complainant.
Cowboy ideas about the offender being dramatically carted away minutes after calling the police are unrealistic in my experience.
Even if eventually the person is spoken to by police he will be released on bail, and is free to return to the conference the next day.
Unless the conference organisers do something about it.
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