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Then he should have gone to trial.

• jlgreco 14y ago
  Even a not-guilty plea would have left him ruined.
  • emkemp 14y ago
    How 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 ago
      Federal 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.