alt Hacker NewsHe was offered a 6 month plea deal. He took his own life due to depression. Something he tried to do multiple times in the past
He was offered a 6 month plea deal. He took his own life due to depression. Something he tried to do multiple times in the past
Sure, but he also denied that plea deal, so he was definitely looking at possibly 7 years in prison. This corporal treatment or whatever you want to call it, of our legal system is a bit ridiculous... "Take our offer or its worse!"
It basically treats you guilty until proven innocent, which I hate. I know Aaron Swartz very likely did, it was an activist level "hack" but what if someone else "did it" and they threw the book at them, and they took the felonies despite not actually having done it? Lots of people have taken plea deals because its less costly than fighting the law in court.