How much worse do prosecutors have to get?

Quinn Norton is Aaron Swartz's partner, and shows the treatment of Americans by our "justice" system.  Is it any wonder that it drove someone who's sensitive to commit suicide?

Should we put up with this?  Is this the America we want?  Ben Franklin was so right.  What do we deserve?

A quote from her moving and heartfelt article:

"We should understand that any alleged crime can become life-ruining if it catches their eyes. Innocence and goodness are only factored in as risks to their case. This is the system that we, as citizens, have agreed to."

We should remember that Aaron was only accused of downloading scholarly articles, and previously writing that he thought they should be free.  I think this pretty well established as fact.

Is this how we want to appear to the rest of the world?  As monsters?  Deeply sad.

Update:
From Techdirt: Details Come Out On US Attorneys Withholding Evidence In Aaron Swartz Case
Aaron had broken up (amicably) with Quinn Norton by the time he died, and was in a committed relationship with Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman.  Who has now laid it out in lavendar (huffpo) how awful our justice employees are treating American Citizens ( so it's the IRS, TSA, Customs, Justice, anyone else?).  In case you're not keeping score, in a nutshell:

1. Stephen Heymann (asst attorney - works for "Toxic"Carmen Ortiz ) threatened Aaron with 7(30?) years in prison
2. Plea bargaining down to months
3. Knowing they had withheld exculpatory evidence - was their case falling apart?
4. Our favorite US attorney (Holder) said Aaron Swarz was "never threatened with more then 3-6 months"

Update 2: Here is Cory Doctorow's article on BoingBoing

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