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Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago by xadhominemx on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:44PM (#25732633)
So your argument is that depressed people should be able to avoid trial altogether? He wasn’t even in custody when he took his own life.
Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago by maerF0x0 on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:10PM (#25733109)
no, just that policing needs to be made a good deal less scary. Also, at least as I understand it peripherally, it can be sufficiently punitive just to lay chargers and force the other person to prove their innocence. This includes lost time from legitimate activities (school/work), lost wealth (lawyers, opportunity cost), and the emotional trauma of fighting a near unlimited resource state versus your own very limited resources to prove they're the ones who are acting unjustly.