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Seriously? Is that what happened? Completely unprovoked, the government did something bad? I kinda read that he broke the law and the government were prosecuti
by irclover 13y ago
Seriously? Is that what happened? Completely unprovoked, the government did something bad?
I kinda read that he broke the law and the government were prosecuting him for it.
- mthoms 13y agoThe article argues in large part that news reporting generally lacks context and depth. You just left a comment that perfectly illustrates why this is problematic. Oh the irony. If you care: What's at issue in the Aaron Swartz case is the proportionality of the government response to the infraction. Whether he committed a crime (or not) is largely a moot point.
- greenyoda 13y agoThe sentence they gave him seemed to have been way out of proportion to the crime he committed, and the time and taxpayer dollars that the federal prosecutor spent on him could have been spent on more significant crimes that actually put citizens in danger. So yes, I think the government did do something pretty bad here.
- gadders 13y ago3-6 months in a Club Fed jail?
- Peaker 13y agoThe problem was that the government prosecuted him for his illegal actions and for lots of frivolous made-up charges too.