and the US government was almost definitely trying to make an example out of him: literally anybody who read the case details whatsoever.
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FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 4 months agoLaw Enforcement and the Justice System have every responsibility to enforce laws as they were given, JSTOR pressed charges and the US Government offered Auron a plea deal to reduce his sentence to 6 months.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
vfye@toast.ooo 4 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.
zik@lemmy.world 4 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@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Well if a Psychologist had helped him through it maybe he could have turned around and sued that prosecutor into disbarment.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
yeah and maybe that prosecutor is tangentially responsible for his suicide now.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Spilled milk, but yeah that dude was a shill and should probably be dealt with if they haven’t already.