• KillingTimeItself
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    752 months ago

    i would say jstor are cunts, but actually it’s the US government that were being cunts here.

    • @FiniteBanjo
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      Law Enforcement and the Justice System have every responsibility to enforce laws as they were written, JSTOR pressed charges and the US Government offered Auron a plea deal to reduce his sentence to 6 months.

      Definitely an argument about the inadequacy of US Healthcare to be made here, though. Auron clearly could have used some counseling.

      • @zik@lemmy.world
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        342 months ago

        I thought there was a prosecutor who pursued this beyond all reasonable bounds, making Aaron’s life a living hell and driving him to suicide?

        • @FiniteBanjo
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          Well if a Psychologist had helped him through it maybe he could have turned around and sued that prosecutor into disbarment.

          EDIT: People are downvoting this, but TBH I wouldn’t kill myself over a 35 year sentence much less the 6 months in the plea deal this guy got. Wouldn’t consider it for a single moment. He had agency in his own actions.

          • KillingTimeItself
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            262 months ago

            yeah and maybe that prosecutor is tangentially responsible for his suicide now.

            • @FiniteBanjo
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              -142 months ago

              Spilled milk, but yeah that dude was a shill and should probably be dealt with if they haven’t already.

              • @jagungal@lemmy.world
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                182 months ago

                The prosecutor went on to have a pretty successful career and I think had a role in Obama’s administration. She basically said “I’m sorry your son killed himself” but never admitted to having a part in his death.

                • @FiniteBanjo
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                  -112 months ago

                  I’ll take your word for it, never looked into it myself.

      • KillingTimeItself
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        242 months ago

        and the US government was almost definitely trying to make an example out of him: literally anybody who read the case details whatsoever.

      • @vfye@toast.ooo
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        122 months ago

        Only prosecuting district attorneys can chose to bring a crimial charge to court.*

        *except in north carolina… for some reason they actually let victims prosecute.