"In the Childs' case, the judge set the bail higher than that of most suspected murderers after prosecutors successfully argued that the accused could cause more harm to the network."

Unlike murder, the networked systems can be repaired (we are keeping good backups, aren't we?). Last time I checked, there wasn't anyway to "undo" murder.

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