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Re:US Attorney Chided Swartz On Day of Suicide by edouard1234567 on Sunday January 13, 2013 @04:15PM (#5051881)
If you can make the case that there is a clear causality then the prosecutor could be held partially accountable, if not legally at least morally. There is a precedent, somebody committed suicide allegedly as a result of a bullying act and the bullier was hold accountable and got jail sentence.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/21/justice/new-jersey-rutgers-sen...

I think partial causality between his suicide and the act of bullying is probable/possible in this case, it should of course be proven beyond a reasonable doubt in the court of law and not in the court of public opinion. What I struggle with though is : should the prosecutor be held accountable or the system she represents, meaning : was she acting very differently than any other prosecutor would have, in the same situation?

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Re:US Attorney Chided Swartz On Day of Suicide by dinkumthinkum on Monday January 14, 2013 @01:13AM (#5053498)
While I am completely against the prosecution in this case, I think the reality is that there's no way you are going to make the prosecutors legally accountable. Maybe in civil court. I think the difference legally between bullying, as you describe, and what the prosecutors did, is that the prosecutors could argue they were doing a job they swore an oath to perform. Nevertheless, I don't know what the possibilities are but I hope there are civil ramifications for the prosecution and hopefully reforms and positions to be filled.
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