ViruRulez Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 CHICAGO: IIT alumnus Vikram Buddhi was on Friday sentenced to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release for posting hate messages in 2006 to the then President George W Bush. Buddhi, who was arrested in 2006, was sentenced by senior Judge James T Moody after being convicted of making threats to Bush, the then Vice President Dick Cheney and their wives, and calling for bombings of US infrastructure. The 38-year old Phd student of Purdue University, will have to spend an additional three years under "supervised release" under the supervision of a probation officer, the court said. He can though appeal the sentence in a Chicago court within 10 days of this judgement. Since he has already been in prison since April 2006, the months are likely to be deducted from his sentence term. Buddhi, who represented himself during the sentence hearing after firing his lawyer, said earlier that he was given the short end of the stick, and claimed the trial had been unfair. Before the sentencing Buddhi submitted to the judge that he had got "ineffective assistance" of the counsel and said it was the "gravest error of justice". Buddhi had on Thursday fired his lawyer Arlington Foley for not discussing the case properly, and said would "involuntarily represent himself" at the hearing. Though Indian media and many Indians are against this sentence but I support it fully.
punjabi_khota Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 lol wtf does it have to do with IIT ? IIT effects rub off after 5 years out of college. He is 38.
Texy Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 what a waste of education. If he hated Bush, hated America...why don't he gtfo of this place and move to Tora bora or Baghdad or even Pakistan....let's see how well he gets treated there...effing traitors
flamy Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 wats education gotta do with it? iit is a technical institute.
The Outsider Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 what a waste of education. If he hated Bush' date=' hated America...why don't he gtfo of this place and move to Tora bora or Baghdad or even Pakistan....let's see how well he gets treated there...effing traitors[/quote'] You might as well have put the entire UC Berkeley in prison in that case.:giggle:
suraj Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 At first I thought it was 57 yrs:yikes: It is disappointing that Iraqis are now beating IITians; should have thrown a shoe- few months in prison and lots of fame
Master Blaster Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 You might as well have put the entire UC Berkeley in prison in that case.:giggle: :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
flamy Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 You might as well have put the entire UC Berkeley in prison in that case.:giggle: :regular_smile:
champ Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 You might as well have put the entire UC Berkeley in prison in that case.:giggle: he is representing them all in the prison :giggle:
flamy Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 hey texdex, when u r pwned, be courteous and make a post saying : "I, texdex iz pwned. I h4te myself." cmon!
DomainK Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 Calling for bombing? He deserved what he got.
punjabi_khota Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 Don't mind what texdes says. He is from TX and we know texans love Bush as much as they love their fried butter.
yoda Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 The guy took freedom of speech to an extreme and paid the price for it.
ViruRulez Posted December 13, 2009 Author Posted December 13, 2009 The guy took freedom of speech to an extreme and paid the price for it. The problem is that there is a wrong notion of freedom of speech by most people. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom to incite or encourage violence and killing. Freedom of speech allows a person to protest against anything he/she does not deem to be right. But every protest should be in a non-violent and constitutional manner and not through violence or through encouraging violence. Rogue elements in various countries raise slogans supporting terrorists or doing anti-national and anti-humanity acts in the name of freedom of speech. So, every country should demarcate what freedom of speech means so that the rogue elements cannot misinterpret it. US did the right thing by going ahead with the sentence even after Buddhi was somewhat supported by Indian media and some Indian people. :hatsoff:
Raghav_12 Posted December 29, 2012 Posted December 29, 2012 Somehow came across this case of Vikram Buddhi today and got to know that he was put in prison for 57 months for writing something on internet against Bush and other US leaders. This reminded me of another video I saw on ICF on freedom of speech in US where a girl wanted Obama to be assassinated. While nothing happened to this girl, Vikram Buddhi was put in prison of 57 months (and as I haven't read anywhere of him getting released I would assume, he is still in prison in US). Was punishment to Buddhi was more severe because he was an immigrant to US? If I believe reports, he was found to be incapable of causing any harm corresponding to the contents he had allegedly written on internet. Somebody who had followed this case can comment.
Clarke Posted December 29, 2012 Posted December 29, 2012 ^ Not followed it, but the keyword that matters wrt imprisonment is "threatened".
ravishingravi Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 lol wtf does it have to do with IIT ? IIT effects rub off after 5 years out of college. He is 38. This. Plus, when the effect rubs out is irrelevant. You are still a human being when you enter the institute and when you come out of it. Truly our obsession with education brands is baffling.
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