After reading the article, I think it relates to News.YC in the terms of it is about individuals who are trying to hack the judicial system using obscure legal theories because they have nothing to lose (besides their lives - government was seeking death penalty). And, to give away the ending, their bold hack succeeded after 2+ years of the defendants' gerrymandering (government dropped death penalty case, now life in maximum-security prison). And these are the types of powerful individuals who will survive but might possibly thrive in the controlled world of prison.
