[tptacek]

Here you conflate the position of the prosecutors as related by Swartz's counsel with the actual opinion held by that counsel about the outcome of a conviction. The two are obviously not equivalent.

[analog]

If the DOJ are pushing for 7 years, then "as many as 2 years" seems in direct contradiction to me.

[tptacek]

Swartz's lawyer did not believe 7 years was realistic.