contempt of court (Re: s/forget passphrase for/cause permanent destruction of/ , Re: Letwin wants increased penalties for refusal to decrypt)

[Adam Back]

I should have said that more clearly: I meant courts using contempt of
court to try to compels someone to reveal information held only in
their head is wrong.  I included in that passwords and keys.

Other examples of problems arising from contempt will depend on
whether you personally think it reasonable that the court has
jurisdiction over the issue due to existance of laws.  Victimless
crimes given as an example would make most people disagreeable towards
contempt or other charges applied.

Adam


On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 07:01:11PM +0100, Graham wrote:
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> On Thursday 22 Aug 2002 4:41 pm, Adam Back wrote:
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> > Contempt of court ought to be scrapped, people should be considered
> > innocent until proven guilty.