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Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 4 days ago
is there any reason to suspect foul play with Swartz? his life was upended through facing the lawfare of "$1 million in fines, 35 years in prison, asset forfeiture, restitution, and supervised release" he could only get rid of by effectively renouncing his beliefs.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
It seems pretty cut and dry to me. He was the victim of an insanely overzealous investigation to the point that they were literally following him around everywhere and even got his girlfriend to turn on him. There have been numerous other people that have gone for the same reason previously. The second guy they tried to pin the anthrax mail killings on from the early 2000s suffered the exact same fate as one notable example.