tbh that's one of the mitigating factors here for me. he was imprisoned for many months while being deprived of any due process whatsoever. he was forced by interrogators into a confession which he denied the moment he was released from prison. the guy lost 1/3 of his body weight in a year which really suggests overly harsh conditions considering he was never on hunger strike. it seems very clear that he was flagrantly mistreated in prison and i don't think we as human beings should stand for that shit just because we're angry that people lost coins.

this shit really makes me question the humanity of the japanese legal system. considering mark wasn't stealing from customers and he was fucked from the day he bought gox (it was at least 80k BTC insolvent when he bought it), it seems really inhumane to cheer on the idea of more prison time for him. i think karpeles has been to hell and back in the past 5 years already.

gox customers are taking out their anger on karpeles, but 1. they shouldn't have been using gox as a wallet and that's their fault, and 2. they should be directing anger at the actual thieves---look to vinnik, the btc-e admins, etc for that.