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The better questions are, did he deserve to be imprisoned and did he deserve to die?

• vbo 5y ago
  Why is this downvoted? Was he actually convicted?
  • tylersmith 5y ago
    He was in jail pending extradition hearings. Extradition was approved today and he was soon to be relocated to the US to stand trial.
• dntrkv 5y ago
  > did he deserve to be imprisoned I mean, that's kinda what happens when you don't pay your taxes and run from the government. He would've gotten a trial if he didn't commit suicide. > did he deserve to die No, I don't think anyone deserves to die. But, the most likely case here is he did kill himself, in which case, it's kinda on him.
  • tiernano 5y ago
    > No, I don't think anyone deserves to die. technically, everyone dies... the question should be, did he deserve to be killed, if he was (not saying he was) or did he deserve to think that was his only way out?
    • CRConrad 5y ago
      > or did he deserve to think that was his only way out? Hm, "deserve to think"... We're all totally responsible for our own thoughts, aren't we? I mean, who else could be; how could anyone else be?[1] If McAfee had addled his brain with drugs so as to suffer paranoid-delusional fantasies; or even without drugs, if he had pondered weird conspiracy theories to the extent that he self-induced a persecution complex... Who's to blame for that but he himself; how could one claim that he didn't "deserve" it? ___ [1 -- EDIT]: Besides "long-term brainwash" scenarios, that is. James Bond in a North Korean prison cell, a cowed and battered spouse / child(ren), members of an oppressive cult, shit like that. McAfee was none of those.
• vesinisa 5y ago
  You are aware that he was wanted for murder in Belize?
  • growt 5y ago
    But somewhat ironically that was not what he was imprisoned for.
    • zamalek 5y ago
      For anyone wondering: "the Spanish High Court approved of his extradition to the US on tax evasion charges." [which is why he was imprisoned]
      • jacquesm 5y ago
        It worked for Al Capone.
• chris11 5y ago
  No, the best outcome would have been a trial with a fair outcome. But he went down to South America, started making drugs, and got accused of rape and murder. The legal system should assume innocence before trial, though in my personal opinion he was an evil man.
  • beebeepka 5y ago
    What ecil did he do? Take drugs?
    • viro 5y ago
      he was wanted for murder in Belize....
      • beebeepka 5y ago
        I know that. Did he do it, or did he just piss the wrong US "officias". Downvote all you want. This guy clearly did not kill himself
        • viro 5y ago
          you know his life was basically over right? He was 75 years old . He was going to jail for at least 20 years.
          • beebeepka 5y ago
            That doesn't make him a murderer or suicidal.
            • viro 5y ago
              bruh ... who wouldn't be a lil suicidal when they find out they are going to jail for the rest of their life.
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• weare138 5y ago
  I don't think anyone here is arguing he deserved to die, but he definitely wasn't innocent either.
• SquishyPanda23 5y ago
  > did he deserve to die? Is there a coherent answer to this in the case of suicide? I feel like we enter a liar's paradox since the entity who decides whether you deserve to die is yourself.
  • fridif 5y ago
    Aaron Swartz?
• babypuncher 5y ago
  Whether or not someone deserves to die doesn't seem like much of a question when the cause of death is intentionally self-inflicted.
• bingidingi 5y ago
  Those really aren't good questions at all. He was imprisoned awaiting extradition for tax evasion charges, so guilt wasn't really determined yet. He did flee the US to avoid these charges and has since racked up a considerable trail of charges from foreign governments. We'll probably never see direct evidence of his death. But suicide is plausible, given his history, I'd certainly believe he'd contemplate suicide when faced with a life in prison.