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No the issue is that they decided to prosecute the case.
by BrokenPipe 14y ago
No the issue is that they decided to prosecute the case.
- btilly 14y agoCorrection. MIT did not prosecute the case. They brought in the feds. There is evidence that they asked the prosecutor to go hard on Aaron. But the prosecutor is not directly affiliated with MIT.
- BrokenPipe 14y agoDo you have a link to the evidence? My current understanding is that MIT didn't want Aaron to avoid jail. Is that correct ?
- btilly 14y agoThe evidence is comments by Aaron's lawyer as quoted in the Boston Globe. See http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/15/humanity-deficit/bj8oThPDwzgxBSHQt3tyKI/story.html?s_campaign=sm_tw http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/15/humanity-deficit... for the article.
- GeorgeTirebiter 14y agoThe "evidence" is bullshit. Look at exactly what is said. AS, for all of whatever it was good that he brought the world, was mentally ill. For whatever reason, he did not receive the help that is freely available in our society. (There was a lot more available before Reagan cut it to shreds, so he could pass on big bucks to his rich cronies, but I digress...) THAT is the true tragedy here. Depression is a totally, totally fucked up brain function anomaly. People who have not experienced it are simply clueless and should STFU. The REST of you: get help. Get Help - Now!
- Ygg2 14y agoIANAL, but there were two parties that could escalate this to federal court, JSTOR and MIT. JSTOR didn't, so it is probably MIT. Suicide aside, there seems to be a gross injustice in this case (35, hell even 5 years for a crime that had little to no impact on either JSTOR or MIT, seems ludicorous).