The U.S. has released hacker Ardit Feriz from prison, given him I. SIS names of American soldiers

Kosovar, Ardit Feriz, who had been sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of how the computer hacker had helped the Islamic State, has been released with the decision of a federal court in the United States, only 6 years after the sentence.

Moreover, Judge Leonie Brinkeme, who made the decision in early April, accused the Justice Department of assembly charges against him to keep him in prison, reports Newsobserver, broadcast Klankosova. tv

The Kosovar, who was arrested in Malaysia, is the first person convicted in the US as a computer hacker, as well as accused of terrorism. He pleaded guilty in 2016 to have avenged a private company and named for email passwords and phone numbers of some 1,300 people with government and military addresses “. gov” and “.mile: and had handed the data to “Islamic State Hakim Division”. The Islamic State published the names with a threat to attack them.

In 2020, in the earliest stages of pandemic, Feriz sought release for health causes, citing his asthma and obesity as the greatest risk of being affected by COVID-19. Brinkema initially rejected his request, but Feriz renewed the request when the pandemic spread to prison and Binquema released it despite prosecutors' objections.

The Brinkema decision resulted in Feriz's transfer to immigration authorities for deportation. However, before he was expelled, federal prosecutors in California filed new charges against Feriz. Criminal charges him with identity theft and fraud by co-ordinating with a family member to keep access to email accounts involving large quantities of stolen data, Klankosova reported.tv.

Feriz's lawyers filed the dismissal of new charges, accusing the Justice Department of revenge prosecution because agents were upset by Feriz's early release. On March 22, shortly before the California court hearing was scheduled to review the prosecution of revenge prosecution, the new charges against Feriz were dropped. In its April 1st order, Brinkema said prosecutors in California built their case on information from a fellow Ferizi prisoner with a history of invisibility.

She said the circumstances of the case led her to the conclusion that “had elements within the Justice Department that were so disgruntled with this court's decision to release the defendant that they deliberately tried to avoid those decisions by raising very weak new charges against the defendants. ”

Prosecutors have argued that, now that the pandemic has cooled down, the excuse for release <x0 health>” no longer exists. However, Brinkema said that “would create a terrible precedent to annul the decision to release a defendant based on a change of circumstances caused by the government's manipulation of the criminal justice system”.

Prosecutors, who filed a complaint with the 4th US Circle Appeals Court in Richmond the first time Brinkem ordered Ferizi's release, have not yet indicated whether they plan to appeal its latest order. Feriz was among the relatively few prisoners who successfully sought early release from prison under this pandemic. According to the US Punishment Commission, more than 12,000 prisoners submitted motions for compassionate release in 2020 due to pandemic. About 21% of these requests a little over 2,500 prisoners were accepted.