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Re:IBM Exec Husband of Aaron Swartz Prosecutor Takes to Twit... by throwit1979 on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @11:26AM (#5060978)
He's no longer independently wealthy. The infinite resources of the DoJ bled him dry in very short order, as they do to nearly every single federal defendant.
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Re:IBM Exec Husband of Aaron Swartz Prosecutor Takes to Twit... by gadders on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @11:29AM (#5061008)
That has been asserted, but no evidence has been supplied.
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Re:IBM Exec Husband of Aaron Swartz Prosecutor Takes to Twit... by bgentry on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @12:38PM (#5061503)
Lawyers are very expensive, especially good ones. The man might have had a couple million in the bank, tops. Considering the 2 years since indictment and the trial hadn't even started yet, that's a lot of legal time on the books.
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