Carmen Ortiz as the prosecutor was the law at that moment, so it is a circular reasoning and sophistry to say that killing Aaron Swartz was not unlawful.
> He didn't have to commit suicide, that was his choice
And it was Carmen Ortiz' choice to bring Aaron into a position where he didn't see any other escape than suicide.
No, she was a prosecutor attempting to apply the law; rather than have his day in court, Aaron chose suicide. It is the judge and jury that are the law and Aaron never saw them.
> so it is a circular reasoning and sophistry to say that killing Aaron Swartz was not unlawful
It is nothing of the sort.
> And it was Carmen Ortiz' choice to bring Aaron into a position where he didn't see any other escape than suicide.
That's still Aaron's fault, not hers, he could have chosen to have his day in court and she could have lost. We'll never know because his will was too weak to even face the possibility of a trial. Committing suicide to avoid a trial is never the prosecutors faults.
I'm assuming you've never had a helpless moment where you truly felt powerless. In that moment, even death seems preferable to a life where you are helpless.
Personally, I would rush head on into the barrels of guns pointed at me, rather than live with my head bowed and my spirit broken.
Who said it was? I said it wasn't murder. Aaron killed himself, that is an indisputable fact of the case. No one agrees with all the laws of the country, anywhere on the planet; that's life everywhere. He didn't choose to die over the corrupt regime; he chose to die to avoid facing jail, he was just fine living in the corrupt regime before jail looked like the final option.
> Personally, I would rush head on into the barrels of guns pointed at me, rather than live with my head bowed and my spirit broken.
Brave words, but they're just words; people react differently when actually faced with such circumstances.
And that is why as a prosecutor you should better be careful than sorry (though I don't know whether Carmen Ortiz is the latter).
You know we have this thing called planes right? In no way was Aaron forced to stay in the US.
You presumably live under the same regime, yet here you are, breathing and posting. Not at all rushing into gun barrels?
What gives, man?
> I'm assuming you've never had a helpless moment where you truly felt powerless. In that moment, even death seems preferable to a life where you are helpless.
Don't extrapolate yourself to others. I have been in that situation, more than once, and it only ever imbued me with a ferocious will to live.