THE VIDEO SHELF · overcriminalization
John Stossel's Illegal Everything
A John Stossel special arguing that Americans can be criminalized for almost anything, with examples of overzealous prosecutors and regulators such as the EPA. It is a documentary on overcriminalization.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it in discussions of overcriminalization and prosecutorial overreach, notably after Aaron Swartz's death.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- VP attnm
- Topic
- overcriminalization
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2012–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Any chance the US law will ever be fixed so that people can't be easily arrested over anything, really? There's also this mini-doc that's related to this: [VIDEO]
nextparadigms on Hacker News · 2012-03
In Don't Talk to CopsI want to offer my condolences for your loss, Im very empathetic to Arron's situation. I can only imagine someone that graduated and took the right path in life to be potential labeled as a felon If in fact he what I assumed cared greatly …
hellome on Hacker News · 2013-01
In Aaron Swartz commits suicide
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