The White House refused on Thursday to fire the prosecutors who oversaw the criminal investigation of Aaron Swartz, the late Internet activist and coder, nearly two years after petitions asking for their removal attracted more than 90,000 signatures. Swartz committed suicide on Jan. 11, 2013, while awaiting trial for downloading hundreds of thousand of documents from the scholarly database JSTOR. His family claimed the criminal investigation "contributed to his death." Some legal experts at the time called the prosecution "overzealous." http://on.mash.to/1BQWPfr http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
White House Declines to Fire Aaron Swartz Prosecutors Two Years After Online Petitions Filed
The White House refused on Thursday to fire the prosecutors who oversaw the criminal investigation of Aaron Swartz, the late Internet activist and coder, nearly two years after petitions asking for their removal attracted more than 90,000 signatures. Swartz committed suicide on Jan. 11, 2013, while awaiting trial for downloading hundreds of thousand of documents from the scholarly database JSTOR. His family claimed the criminal investigation "contributed to his death." Some legal experts at the time called the prosecution "overzealous." http://on.mash.to/1BQWPfr http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
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