Paradigm warned that allowing the prosecution of Roman Storm to proceed could let unelected prosecutors redefine criminal statutes through software development, bypassing Congress and threatening individuals with imprisonment despite their compliance with established regulatory guidance

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Allowing this charge to persist risks letting unelected prosecutors change the plain meaning of criminal statutes–and threaten everyday citizens with imprisonment even if they are following widely-disseminated and accepted regulatory guidance,” they said
In an accompanying blog post, Paradigm’s chief legal officer Katie Biber and general counsel Gina Moon warned that allowing the charge to proceed could “let unelected prosecutors change the plain meaning of criminal statutes” and threaten people with imprisonment “even if they are following widely-disseminated and accepted regulatory guidance.
Allowing this charge to persist risks letting unelected prosecutors change the plain meaning of criminal statutes–and threaten everyday citizens with imprisonment even if they are following widely-disseminated and accepted regulatory guidance.