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blktiger
"Offering" a 6 month deal after threatening a 35 year sentence isn't an offer, it's intimidation.
makhanko
Can't agree more. Pleading guilty for 6 month for Aaron would have meant publicly admitting that he was nothing but a common thief without a day in court. Despite what Dolan says in his twitter, the threat of 35 years must have been pretty real in order for DOJ to use it as leverage against Aaron.
unreal37
Tom Dolan is an executive at IBM, and husband of US Federal Attorney Carmen Ortiz.

Copying the tweets here in case he deletes them:

Tom Dolan ‏@tomjdolan @mkapor Truly incredible that in their own son's obit they blame others for his death and make no mention of the 6-month offer.

Tom Dolan ‏@tomjdolan @dangillmor Ah, not really. That article says he was offered a 6-month deal. 6 months is not 35 years or a lifetime.

Tom Dolan ‏@tomjdolan @thinkprogress Completely false. Aaron Swartz was offered a plea deal of 6 months. 6 months is not 35 years.