[Noisebridge-discuss] Remove United States District Attorney Carmen Ortiz from office

Praveen Sinha dmhomee at gmail.com
Mon Jan 14 18:32:37 UTC 2013


Stephen Heynmann was the prosecutor most directly involved with the case.


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On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:16 PM, bandit <bandit at cruzio.com> wrote:

> Sign this. Pass this on.
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> http://wh.gov/E3v1
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> https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-united-states-district-attorney-carmen-ortiz-office-overreach-case-aaron-swartz/RQNrG1Ck
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> we petition the obama administration to:
> Remove United States District Attorney Carmen Ortiz from office for
> overreach in the case of Aaron Swartz.
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> It is too late to do anything for Aaron Swartz, but the who used the
> powers granted to them by their office to hound him into a position where
> he was facing a ruinous trial, life in prison and the ignominy and shame
> of being a convicted felon; for an alleged crime that the supposed victims
> did not wish to prosecute.
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> A prosecutor who does not understand proportionality and who regularly
> uses the threat of unjust and overreaching charges to extort plea bargains
> from defendants regardless of their guilt is a danger to the life and
> liberty of anyone who might cross her path.
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> http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/40347463044/prosecutor-as-bully
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html
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