• aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social
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    6 months ago

    Aaron Swartz was never convicted for these crime, much less sentenced to 35 years. According to wikipedia, his maximum exposure was 50 years and $1 million in fines; he almost certainly would not have faced those in sentencing.

    This is not to diminish the terrorist tactics of the prosecutors that lead to his death. ACAB