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Dead Jan 11, 2013. 13 felonies, 35 years, $1M fines for 4M JSTOR papers. JSTOR declined to press charges. Father: 'killed by the government.'
Aaron Swartz died facing 35 years for downloading papers JSTOR didn't want to prosecute
LEGAL·January 12, 2013·By Privacy Advocates·5.7K upvotes·198 comments
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“JSTOR dropped the case. Government charged 13 felonies. He died before trial.”
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“Our conduct was appropriate.”
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