On May 13, the FBI’s Fayetteville Field Office contacted the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and turned over the information to investigators. Investigators obtained a search warrant for Bynum’s home and on May 15, searched the house in Oakland, where they seized a computer and related accessories. Bynum was taken into custody without incident, according to Sheriff Gregg Alexander. He was booked into the Marion County Detention Center and his bond was set at $2,500.
What a fucking idiot
He got locked up, not down.
Checkmate
So is this cruel & unusual punishment? Punishing him with the thing he wanted to prevent?
This is the USA. Locking someone up may well be a cruel punishment, but it is by no means unusual.
No, this is a self-fulfilling prophecy.