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		nickff on May 17, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Indefinite prison for suspect who won’t decrypt ha... This is a good point, and someone should appeal this type of punishment without jury trial.

tptacek on May 17, 2016 [–]

This is a very old legal debate. It can be resolved politically by passing statutes limiting the application of contempt rules, but that seems unlikely to happen soon.

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