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A comment on Barack Obama: Why we must rethink solitary confinement. Parent comment

Re:Barack Obama: Why we must rethink solitary confinement by ryanlol on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @03:03AM (#10972379)
>Also the prospect of going to jail for hacking or whistleblowing crimes is pretty harrowing - look what happened to Aaron Swartz.

But he'd probably have got off with parole.

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Re:Barack Obama: Why we must rethink solitary confinement by ryanlol on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @09:38AM (#10973536)
If you're going to downvote me for repeating the opinion of his own legal representation and several other legal experts commenting on the case, you could at least explain why.

(Although I did mess up parole vs probation)

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