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Message-ID: <CAH8yC8markCZxY4fpp4vbdcnzmvXArjQ1B4CU=Wz_WpgLYVDpA@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:43:30 -0500 From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com> To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk Subject: Re: petition to remove Aaron Swartz prosecutor On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:35 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:02:26 -0500, Jeffrey Walton said: >> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:34 AM, <richajap@...tmail.fm> wrote: >> > https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-united-states-district-attorney-carmen-ortiz-office-overreach-case-aaron-swartz/RQNrG1Ck >> > >> > Above link to remove this prosecutor needs to have signatures by >> > February 11. >> Its unfortunate Schwartz committed suicide over the incident. > > From the fine article: > > "On his blog, Swartz had written of his history of depression." > > Given that, and the fact that the article doesn't mention a suicide note > stating Aaron's reasons, it's not entirely clear that he in fact committed > suicide over the incident. It may have been one factor out of many. Perhaps. In the absence of a note, all we have to go on is the family and girlfriends experience with his personality: "On Saturday, his family and girlfriend called his death "the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach" and blamed decisions by the Massachusetts U.S. attorney's office and MIT for contributing to his death." Jeff _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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