So how many then? 5? 10? 20?

How many less than the figure that was being thrown around as his possible sentence is he supposedly a disappointment to us all for avoiding?

Oh, I forgot, he can be an activist from prison? Nothing to worry about then!

How many on here would honestly do it for even 5 years? I wouldn't. I'd sooner kill myself out of spite.

DOJ strongly suggested they'd be shooting for a 5+ year sentence, which according to the guidelines would have required them to establish losses (stipulating that Swartz had succeeded in his ultimate plan, unimpeded by the countermeasures JSTOR and MIT erected) in the millions of dollars.

Orin Kerr suggests that the likely outcome would have been "anything from probation to a few years", depending on where the judge landed on the financial damages.

Popehat has a really good take (as usual) on the circumstances faced by Aaron Swartz, but it's not as specific as Kerr's, which is the most detailed breakdown I've seen available on what actually happened with the case:

http://volokh.com/2013/01/16/the-criminal-charges-against-aa...

I wouldnt kill myself because of 5 years out of the 40 or so that i probably have left.

Or at the least you might wait until you were convicted and sentenced.