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by PrudenceYuris 4898 days ago
Her entire career, professional circle, and reputational supports have made an error in backing her, and they need to hear that directly.

She hounded someone to suicide, and the repercussions for that are light if they are limited to ending her career.

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I don't know how much more clearly I can state this:

Most criminal defendants do not kill themselves. It was Aaron's choice to take his life, not hers. Her professional and personal contacts will never agree with you that she hounded someone to suicide. Telling them "she did wrong" when it is not clear that she did anything out of the ordinary in this case will have zero effect on getting her "shamed" and will have no effect on ending her career.

The internet does not determine whether these people get jobs. People in the legal industry and in the federal government determine that. And right now as a member of the legal industry, I can tell you that despite my extreme distaste for prosecutors, based on all publicly available facts about this case she did not do anything wrong. She did her job, pursuant to the laws as they are written. You don't like that? Change the laws.

Going after her without changing the laws will not work.

"she did not do anything wrong"

That's a pretty arrogant statement in light of the general opinion regarding this case. It's also arrogant to think that someone, somewhere, will not find some means to destroy her career when at least tens of thousands will try.

You simultaneously claim that attempts to make an example of her will fail, and that such attempts should not even be made. Pfft. Something something before a fall.

> Going after her without changing the laws will not work.

Making it a political liability for prosecutors to act a certain way will surely influence things.