Swartz didn't face prison until feds took over case, report says

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8. Your links flat out contradicts your claims

Privately, several MIT officials expressed concerns that prosecutors were "overreaching" by charging Swartz with federal crimes

this thing snowballed out of MIT's hands

"When the federal government chooses to prosecute, you don’t get to say no."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/aaron-swartz-mit_n_2480627.html

Silverglate told CNET today that:

"Continuance without a finding" was the anticipated disposition of the case were the charge to remain in state court, with the Middlesex County District Attorney to prosecute it. Under such a disposition, the charge is held in abeyance ("continued&quot without any verdict ("without a finding&quot . The defendant is on probation for a period of a few months up to maybe a couple of years at the most; if the defendant does not get into further legal trouble, the charge is dismissed, and the defendant has no criminal record. This is what the lawyers expected to happen when Swartz was arrested for "trespassing at MIT." But then the feds took over the case, and the rest is tragic history.