clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪ðŸ‡ðŸ‡°ðŸ’™ðŸ’›When people have said things like "Aaron Schwartz's tragedy was caused by the legal system and overzealous prosecution", I have heard some people respond along the lines of "please respect his family; they have disagreed with this type of framing".
That objection seems to be 100% off the mark, because here's what his family and girlfriend said on his memorial site:
Aaron’s death is not simply a personal tragedy. It is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach. Decisions made by officials in the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s office and at MIT contributed to his death. The US Attorney’s office pursued an exceptionally harsh array of charges, carrying potentially over 30 years in prison, to punish an alleged crime that had no victims. Meanwhile, unlike JSTOR, MIT refused to stand up for Aaron and its own community’s most cherished principles.
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