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Re:Prosecutors' deal for Swartz: Felony plea and three month... by polymatter on Monday February 25, 2013 @08:28PM (#5283246)
The punishment should fit the misdemeanor. Jail time and a felony conviction is an extremely harsh punishment for surreptitiously downloading academic articles. Anyone with a speeding ticket has committed a far graver threat to society.
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Re:Prosecutors' deal for Swartz: Felony plea and three month... by tptacek on Monday February 25, 2013 @09:01PM (#5283383)
It is easy to believe both that Swartz's actions were wrong and that the prosecutors actions were wrong. Or even that the prosecutors were more wrong than Swartz. That's what I think.

So the feigned incredulousness of that comment upthread isn't particularly convincing.

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