<story><title>Our statement on the results of the Jacob Appelbaum investigation</title><url>https://blog.torproject.org/blog/statement-0</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dublinben</author><text>&amp;gt;This sort of thing really merits a judicial investigation&lt;p&gt;The victims involved in this have specifically asked this to not happen.  I&amp;#x27;m sure you can understand why the members of a community like this would have personal or political reasons to avoid a judicial investigation.</text></item><item><author>ddevault</author><text>This sort of thing really merits a judicial investigation. It&amp;#x27;s not appropriate to place these issues in the eyes of the public until then, and I&amp;#x27;ve never appreciated these sorts of articles in my feed.&lt;p&gt;Some will be swayed by the fact that the internal investigation turned up some legitimate claims, but if the judicial system disagrees then this guy&amp;#x27;s life is already ruined, and I don&amp;#x27;t think that&amp;#x27;s appropriate. The whole situation reflects poorly on everyone involved.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zaccus</author><text>I heard he raped or sexually assaulted someone. Someone wrote &amp;quot;a rapist lives here&amp;quot; outside his window.&lt;p&gt;If he did rape someone, no due process means we&amp;#x27;re treating rape as a mere HR issue, and he&amp;#x27;s free to go rape more people.&lt;p&gt;If he did not rape someone, then at least some of the allegations being thrown around are false. No due process means that someone unconnected with this may reasonably assume all of it is false.</text></comment>
<story><title>Our statement on the results of the Jacob Appelbaum investigation</title><url>https://blog.torproject.org/blog/statement-0</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dublinben</author><text>&amp;gt;This sort of thing really merits a judicial investigation&lt;p&gt;The victims involved in this have specifically asked this to not happen.  I&amp;#x27;m sure you can understand why the members of a community like this would have personal or political reasons to avoid a judicial investigation.</text></item><item><author>ddevault</author><text>This sort of thing really merits a judicial investigation. It&amp;#x27;s not appropriate to place these issues in the eyes of the public until then, and I&amp;#x27;ve never appreciated these sorts of articles in my feed.&lt;p&gt;Some will be swayed by the fact that the internal investigation turned up some legitimate claims, but if the judicial system disagrees then this guy&amp;#x27;s life is already ruined, and I don&amp;#x27;t think that&amp;#x27;s appropriate. The whole situation reflects poorly on everyone involved.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pdkl95</author><text>Avoiding interaction with the state is understandable. However, the state is not the only option. Various types of arbitration could be used, for example. These may not have the power to enforce criminal punishments like the state, but as you said, they already dismissed that option.</text></comment>