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One quote I took from the news story: “The thing that galls me is that I told Heymann the kid was a suicide risk,” Good told me. “His reaction was a standard r
by welder 14y ago
One quote I took from the news story:
“The thing that galls me is that I told Heymann the kid was a suicide risk,” Good told me. “His reaction was a standard reaction in that office, not unique to Steve. He said, ‘Fine, we’ll lock him up.’ I’m not saying they made Aaron kill himself. Aaron might have done this anyway. I’m saying they were aware of the risk, and they were heedless.”
- rosser 14y agoCoupling that Heymann was specifically warned about Swartz's mental state with his (Heymann's) previous prosecution of Jonathan James, leading to his suicide, has me seriously thinking this guy needs to see the other side of a defense table. I'm sure there are laws protecting prosecutors from prosecution for actions carried out during the course of their duties, but those laws have to have limits. Having been forewarned that Aaron was a suicide risk, proceeding as the AUSA did reeks of criminal negligence, commonly defined as an act that is "careless, inattentive, neglectful, willfully blind, or in the case of gross negligence what would have been reckless in any other defendant." (emphasis added)
- jpdoctor 14y ago> has me seriously thinking this guy needs to see the other side of a defense table. Along with a prosecutor that decides to mitigate a suicide risk by locking him up. Just to be safe.