Former CIA engineer is convicted in a theft of secrets released by WikiLeaks

> Schulte has been held behind bars without bail since 2018. Last year, he complained in court papers that he was a victim of cruel and unusual punishment, awaiting the two trials in solitary confinement inside a vermin-infested cell of a jail unit where inmates are treated like "caged animals."

Not sure there is a justification for withholding bail on this charge. Hopefully he’s sentenced to time served.

Also we really need to change as a society: solitary confinement is torture.

“He who represents himself has a fool for a client” - legal proverb

discussion from a related submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31639354