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by mcguire 1637 days ago
"The prosecutor, Stephen Heymann, told Swartz’s lawyer, Elliot Peters, that if Swartz pleaded guilty to all counts he would spend six months in jail; if he lost at trial, it would be much worse."

The prosecutor made the offer of a 6-month plea deal to Swartz's lawyer. Who presumably discussed it with Swartz, who seems to have decided not to accept it. Possibly, if you accept the analysis above, on the advice of his lawyer.
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skinnymuch 1637 days ago
The New Yorker doesn’t link to a citation. Rolling Stones does. Which links to a statement by lead prosecutor, Ortiz. Heymann was the assistant prosecutor.

My point was how do we know this is an “analysis”. Based off Rolling Stones, this is just the prosecutors words.

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mcguire 1636 days ago
https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2013/...

How about semi-straight from the horse's mouth? Was his defense attorney working with prosecutors to minimize the threats? Is the Boston Globe in on it? (Conspiracy theories are so much fun! Ever read Foucault's Pendulum?)

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skinnymuch 1634 days ago
What is the relevance of conspiracy theories here? Boston Globe in on what? Not sure what minimizing the threat means.

Boston Globe link wasn’t here before. Now it is. It changes things. Seems straight forward to me.

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