This kind of felony would hardly have been the end of the world. Why, I bet it's possible that one could even go on to great success in the tech field, even wi

This kind of felony would hardly have been the end of the world. Why, I bet it's possible that one could even go on to great success in the tech field, even with (or especially with) a CFAA felony. That's kind of besides the point, because a felony conviction would have been overkill here. But it still would have been much better than the alternative we ended up getting. Let's face it, many hackers have faced felony charges before without killing themselves, and few of them had as much potentially going for them after the trial as Aaron would have.