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Re:MIT President on Aaron Swartz by unreal37 on Sunday January 13, 2013 @08:29PM (#5052786)
So the two options were: 1) Plead not guilty, case drags on for years, costs $millions to defend, get convicted, serve 2-3 years in jail, unable to fight for something you believe in during that time

2) Plead guilty, case is over quickly, not expensive to defend, get convicted, serve 2-3 months in jail, get on with fighting for something you believe in

I would say option #2 is "worth considering".

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Re:MIT President on Aaron Swartz by graysnorf on Monday January 14, 2013 @12:50PM (#5055654)
He was facing potentially 35 years in jail, not 2-3 years.
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Re:MIT President on Aaron Swartz by Evbn on Sunday January 13, 2013 @09:49PM (#5053044)
Different people have different standards. Maybe Aarons choice helped protect people who follow in his footsteps.
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