Aaron Swartz Post-Mortem: So Now You Know (Update)

01-13-2013 • Simple Justice

Aaron’s death is not simply a personal tragedy. It is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach. Decisions made by officials in the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s office and at MIT contributed to his death. The US Attorney’s office pursued an exceptionally harsh array of charges, carrying potentially over 30 years in prison, to punish an alleged crime that had no victims.

2 Comments in Response to Aaron Swartz Post-Mortem: So Now You Know (Update)

Comment by Powell Gammill

Entered on: 1/13/2013 7:04:01 PM

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/reddit_co_founder_commits_suicide_AZPHGFSHzBRrOHbx2yGM9O

Comment by Powell Gammill

Entered on: 1/13/2013 6:59:05 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html

http://news.yahoo.com/what-we-learned-from-aaron-swartz-s-suicide-004332081.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2261571/Aaron-Swartz-Family-blames-intimidation-MIT-federal-prosecutors-death-weeks-going-trial-hacking-charges.html

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