The Wikipedia article seems to be accurate - it matches my memory of events, at any rate. Important points from the article:
"Sklyarov was being arrested for something that was perfectly legal in his jurisdiction"
"On December 18, 2002 following a two-week trial in San Jose, California, a jury found that Elcomsoft had not wilfully violated the U.S. law."
He was kept in jail for three weeks and forcibly kept in the US for nearly five months. Due to a complaint by Adobe Systems, for something that was determined by a US jury to be no crime.
So, if he had broken the law, punishment might be appropriate. I think that weeks in jail and months of exile are excessive even if he had been guilty. Since he wasn't, the punishment wasn't right either.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
If he broke the law, it's quite right that he be punished for it, don't you agree?
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