One of the things I don't understand is that he was offered a plea bargain for six months in low-security prison and then turned it down. Sure, the US justice system is messed up etc., but is six months in prison realistically something to want to die over? Sure, it's a reputation hit and all, but someone like Swartz surely could have come back from that.
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One of the things I don't understand is that he was offered a plea bargain for six months in low-security prison and then turned it down. Sure, the US justice system is messed up etc., but is six months in prison realistically something to want to die over? Sure, it's a reputation hit and all, but someone like Swartz surely could have come back from that.