[okfn-discuss] Petition to have MIT and US Govt. issue an apologies for prosecuting Aaron Schwartz

Mon Jan 14 16:36:38 UTC 2013

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-united-states-district-attorney-carmen-ortiz-office-overreach-case-aaron-swartz/RQNrG1Ck

2013/1/13 Harry Halpin <hhalpin at ibiblio.org>:
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> I made a petition to demand an from MIT and the US Attorney of Massachusetts
> apologies for their prosecution of Aaron Schwartz, a prosecution that his
> parents say is partly to blame for his suicide. The US Federal Government is
> also added since laws on the federal level allow this kind of absurd
> prosecution. Feel free to sign:
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> https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Federal_Government_and_MIT_issue_a_formal_apologies_for_the_death_of_Aaron_Schwartz/?wgeiRd
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> From the official statement of Swartz's family:
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>     "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 US 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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