> My point is that he was not going to serve 50 nor 35 years. If he pleaded guilty, he was offered a high likelihood of serving only a short prison time. I wi

> My point is that he was not going to serve 50 nor 35 years. If he pleaded guilty, he was offered a high likelihood of serving only a short prison time. I will set aside my contention that even a day of time in a federal prison is disproportionate for what amounts to a TOS violation, and instead focus on the fact that a short prison term would only come with a guilty plea. The prosecutor used the threat of 35-50 years in prison to get Aaron to accept a guilty plea. If he chose to plead not guilty and attempt to defend himself, it would cost well over a million dollars in legal fees, and if he were found guilty anyway, the judge would be strongly predisposed to make an example of him by giving him a very long, punitive sentence. A prosecutor forcing someone to admit guilt by threatening a life-destroying cruel and unusual punishment if they do not admit it - why, that is the very essence of using torture to extract a confession!