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Deutsche Bank knew for years that its commodity speculation was wreaking havoc on people in poor countries, lied to German parliament about it»

DOJ admits it threw the book at Aaron Swartz to save face and justify the arrest

Posted by evariste on Feb 25, 2013 12:32 pm

2 comments, latest by Cam at 1:14 pm 2/25

#1 evariste at 12:32 pm on Feb 25, 2013

As the Congressional investigation into the DOJ's prosecution of Aaron Swartz has continued, apparently a DOJ representative has admitted that part of the reason it insisted on having Swartz plead guilty to a felony and go to jail, no matter what, was that it feared the public backlash for the original arrest if they couldn't then show a felony conviction and jailtime.

#2 Cam at 1:14 pm on Feb 25, 2013

Otherwise known in legal circles as the "throw a bunch of shit at the wall and see what sticks" prosecutorial strategy.

Assholes.

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Good to know. It looked made-up to me.

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