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Aaron Swartz:
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Aaron Swartz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_S...Swartz declined a plea bargain under which he would have served six months in federal prison. Two days after the prosecution rejected a counter-offer by Swartz, he was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment, where he had hanged himself.[15][16]
Death
On the evening of January 11, 2013, Swartz's partner, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, found him dead in his Brooklyn apartment.[101][68][102][103] A spokeswoman for New York's Medical Examiner reported that he had hanged himself.[102][103][104][105] No suicide note was found.[106] Swartz's family and his partner created a memorial website on which they issued a statement, saying: "He used his prodigious skills as a programmer and technologist not to enrich himself but to make the Internet and the world a fairer, better place."[19]
Days before Swartz's funeral, Lawrence Lessig eulogized his friend and sometime-client in an essay, Prosecutor as Bully. He decried the disproportionality of Swartz's prosecution and said, "The question this government needs to answer is why it was so necessary that Aaron Swartz be labeled a 'felon'. For in the 18 months of negotiations, that was what he was not willing to accept."[107] Cory Doctorow wrote, "Aaron had an unbeatable combination of political insight, technical skill, and intelligence about people and issues. I think he could have revolutionized American (and worldwide) politics. His legacy may still yet do so."[108]
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