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Actually a young man is dead because he killed himself.
by grogenaut 14y ago
Actually a young man is dead because he killed himself.
- rdtsc 14y agoActually if they drained his accounts and froze his assets and promised to shove in him a prison with hardened criminals for up to 50 years, where he could face assaults, rape and abuse (more so probably than the average hardened street criminal) killing himself didn't seem like such an irrational choice.
- grogenaut 14y agoThe point remains that the prosecutor did not kill him. He killed himself. Just trying to bring down the hyperbole on this thread... Speaking of which: In reality he would have gone to a while collar prison and would have gotten the counseling he obviously needed. (edit spelling)
- temphn 14y agoThis is apologism for untrammeled abuse of power. He was being threatened with 35 years in federal prison for downloading some PDFs! He would have been 61 when he got out. They would have taken away 40-50% of his life. Sometimes it is better to live free or die. The people who need "counseling" are Ortiz, Heymann, and the inhumane who'd defend or excuse this travesty. Just following orders, blind legalism.
- Kylekramer 14y agoAnd the hyperbole is back. He hadn't been convicted and would never have served anything close to 35 years even if he was.
- temphn 14y agoOh, right. He wouldn't have gotten 35 years, only a felony conviction with 5-10 years in federal prison for downloading some pdfs. So hyperbolic to be enraged about this!
- lclarkmichalek 14y agoGet used to the hyperbole. This issue has made HN completely insane it seems.