> "Do you think people will be able to acknowledge that predisposition to suicide is what killed him and not the gravity of the DA obsession to convict him?" T

> "Do you think people will be able to acknowledge that predisposition to suicide is what killed him and not the gravity of the DA obsession to convict him?" This is itself presumptive and I think largely wrong. Like most things it's a combination of factors. No doubt Aaron was struggling with depression, but facing federal prison with a trial defense costing $1.5M (even if acquitted in the end) is enough pressure to break even an otherwise healthy person. I don't understand the need for people to frame this as you are. I suspect Aaron would be alive today if the prosecution had shown some discretion. In this specific case, it would also have been the right/just thing as well as the legally correct thing.