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January 15, 2013 12:54 am GMT

Aaron Swartz, Asking For Help, 119 Days Ago

Nik Cubrilovic points out that people were significantly less enraged by Aaron’s legal troubles just a few months ago. Some people have pointed out that Swartz wasn’t able to make a direct plea for help: For in the 18 months of negotiations, that was what he was not willing to accept, and so that was the reason he was facing a million dollar trial in April his wealth bled dry, yet unable to appeal openly to us for the financial help he needed to fund his defense, at least without risking the ire of a district court judge. That’s probably why the request for funds didn’t include much information. One thing I know from personal experience, judges hate it when parties talk publicly about their cases. There are a lot of things about our criminal legal system that need to be changed, and this is just one of them. Prosecutors know how to play the press. Most defendants don’t.

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