The Darker Side of Aaron Swartz (2013)

Re:The Darker Side of Aaron Swartz (2013) by tptacek on Thursday December 30, 2021 @02:55PM (#29740738)

I think you stopped reading before the last paragraph of my comment. Or, really, one of the first ones, because, again: the prosecutors are on the record with the sentence they were actually threatening Swartz with, and, as I said, and Swartz's attorney said, and this New Yorker article said: it was nothing resembling 50 years.

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Re:The Darker Side of Aaron Swartz (2013) by TheRealDunkirk on Thursday December 30, 2021 @05:01PM (#29742005)

Whether it's 50, 20, or 6, the real number is beside the point. Potential "years" of prison will scare the crap out almost anybody, and our government ALWAYS uses this tactic to coerce people into whatever outcome looks good for their careers.

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Re:The Darker Side of Aaron Swartz (2013) by tptacek on Thursday December 30, 2021 @05:36PM (#29742358)

I think we can leave this at "I disagree that there's no meaningful distinction between a threat of single-digit years and double-digit years sentence".

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Re:The Darker Side of Aaron Swartz (2013) by andi999 on Thursday December 30, 2021 @03:14PM (#29740919)

So what actual number are we talking here? 20 years? 5 years? Or more like 6 month?

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Re:The Darker Side of Aaron Swartz (2013) by jcranmer on Thursday December 30, 2021 @03:32PM (#29741095)

> the supposed 80 month sentence they said they'd seek if Swartz went to trial

So 6½ years at most, quoting tptacek's comment.

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Re:The Darker Side of Aaron Swartz (2013) by tptacek on Thursday December 30, 2021 @03:27PM (#29741047)

It's in the article here. Also, in the comment I just wrote.

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