treatment.
[
I feel sick upon reading he felt compelled to apologize for books.
]
Judge Panella passed sentence: 6 to 24 months plus a $3,000 fine.

We have also learned of a very similar case that took place in Kentucky
late last year where a man was accused of the same offense that Cummings
was. In this instance, however, he was accused of actually selling the
black box that allowed cellular phones to be cloned.

This was far more than Ed was ever accused of - he merely sold kits that
could be built into boxes. The man in Kentucky decided to fight the
charges and he showed how there were many legitimate uses for cloned
phones. In front of a jury in Kentucky, he won the case. Unfortunately,
Cummings' lawyer knew nothing about this and Cummings was forced to plead
guilty last year in the mistaken belief that he would never be able to
convince a jury that he hadn't committed a serious crime. Had he been
found innocent, there never would have been a probation violation and
Ed would be free today.


How absolutely disgusting of the Secret Service to persecute Ed Cummings.

The Secret Service are the same bunch of Cro-Magnums that put on rubber
gloves to search gay members of Congress visiting the President.

They didn't want to catch any gay cooties.

The President ordered all Secret Service members to take "sensitivity" classes.


There are two more things to know about this case of persecution.

One:

8/30/96
Ed Cummings was savagely beaten by another inmate.
His jaw is shattered, and his arm is also completely shattered.
He had surgery on both