Kansas woman jailed for falsely accusing estranged astronaut spouse of committing a crime while on the ISS
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/astronaut-anne-mcclain-ex-wife-sentenced-b2920834.html
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FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 213d
I mean, that’s a pretty air tight alibi.
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 12 pts · 213d
Yes, but probably not for the reason you think.
The accusation was that the astronaut illegally accessed her bank account from the International Space Station while the couple was going through a divorce. Which is totally possible. The ISS does, in fact, have Internet access. And every byte of data transferred to and from the station is tracked. It is very easy to verify whether an account was accessed from there.
But that's not even where the false accusation part is. From the NYT Article about this:
So access wasn't illegal, she had the password and was allowed access at the time it happened.
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 213d
How dare you attack my pun
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 213d
It's like they're not even on the same planet.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 213d
Lesbian IPV gets so completely unhinged for some reason. Like I don't run into it as often (unclear if this happens less or I just don't run into as many lesbians but like). I've seen black eyes and choke marks on straight victims and I've heard men screaming at their wife on the phone but the lesbians are just beaten absolutely bloody. Bruises and lacerations on the whole body. And the one lesbian offender we had actually wound up on phone restriction because she was screaming at her wife on the unit phone so often and was saying things that were deeply disturbing the other patients. Do you know how hard it is to get a judge to order a phone restriction these days? We usually even just let people dial 911 and possibly catch a charge unless EMS dispatch files for the order.
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 213d
Boozilla@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 212d
IPV = Intimate Partner Violence
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 212d
lurch@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 213d
hmmm. i know some other ppl who falsely accused others, but for some magical reason those are not in jail, but ruling the US 🤔
mcqtom@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 213d
I heard that astronauts just go around robbing liquor stores up there. It's not like there's any cops to stop them.