[kendalf89]

I don't think it's right to downplay the disproportionate response the FBI had to Aaron's actions. He was initially being threatened with 50 years in prison and a $1 million fine, the stress from which sent his mental health spiraling and in no small way contributed to his suicide. I think the original point of the person you are responding to still stands.

[tiahura]

You are correct. Prosecutors don’t consider whether charging a perp will upset them and stress them out. Nor should they.

Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.

[wing-_-nuts]

Every time I wonder how authoritarian regimes gain power, I remind myself there are people who seem to delight in the suffering of others.