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He was accused of committing a felony. There's quite a difference.
by andreyf 14y ago
He was accused of committing a felony. There's quite a difference.
- emkemp 14y agoThen he should have gone to trial.
- jlgreco 14y agoEven a not-guilty plea would have left him ruined.
- emkemp 14y agoHow so? What was preventing him from setting up a legal defense fund and accepting contributions? Hell, what if the judge had thrown out the charges?
- thenetwork 14y agoFederal criminal charges don't get thrown out. That is very rare. The way the laws are written the feds were going to win. Aaron was trying to do something that should be legal, but the feds were going to get their win. The problem is that what they report to the press and what they actually win on at court can vary widely, so Aaron was going to be ruined and he was going to serve hard time in prison. He shouldn't have killed himself though. He could have had a prosperous life after prison, but his public reputation was destroyed forever.
- jamesaguilar 14y agoThere's not always so much of a difference between those two things. If he did the things he was accused of doing that is a felony. There's little doubt that he did those things (the downloading and such) so he, in all likelihood, did commit a felony. Let's not focus too much on technicalities and semantics.
- newman314 14y agoPlease. If you are accused of being a child molester, does it mean that we should all consider you guilty? But we should not quibble about such technicalities as you so blithely claim. "Innocent until proven guilty". That's how the law works (and should)
- jamesaguilar 14y agoIf I had openly admitted the facts and several reliable parties had corroborated them? Feel free to call me a child molester before my conviction in that case. Don't throw me in jail before proving it, of course, but you needn't qualify every single thing you say with "alleged." If the facts aren't pretty well established, then of course it is wise to be more judicious.
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- nkassis 14y agoNo one is denying that he did download those documents. What is mostly likely getting you downvoted is your assumption that his acts are felonies and that he would have been found guilty. That is debatable and why it would require a trial. That's why I would suggest not labeling someone a felon when no jury has had a chance to decide.
- jamesaguilar 14y ago> your assumption that his acts are felonies and that he would have been found guilty I understand that that is debatable. I don't view these things as foregone conclusions, only as highly likely outcomes. I'm not aware of any serious observers of the case who disagree, but if they exist it would be helpful to know about them.
- thenetwork 14y agoYou're talking out of your butt.