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  • John Balazs is an attorney in Sacramento, California, specializing in criminal defense, including appeals, habeas corpus, pardons, expungements, and civil forfeiture actions. After graduating from UCLA Law School in 1989, he clerked for Judge Harry Pregerson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. John was an Assistant Federal Defender in Fresno and Sacramento from 1992-2001. Please email EDCA items of interest to [email protected]. Follow me on twitter @balazslaw.

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April 13, 2016

EDCA Court Sentences Journalist to Two Years In Prison in Hacking Case

According to the LA Times and Sacramento Bee, Judge Mueller sentenced journalist Matthew Keys today to two years in prison on his conviction for conspiring to hack into the LA Times computer system.  A motion for bail pending appeal is forthcoming. 

More coverage:  Motherboard.Vice.com and Slate.com

Posted by at 04:26 PM in Judge Mueller, Kimberly J., Matthew Keys Case |

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