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user-inactivated  ·  4391 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Aaron Swartz and the Two Faces of Power

Six months and a felony conviction. Felony convictions carry a heavy stigma, making it hard to get a job or rent an apartment. In some states you lose the right to vote. Given who he was and what he was charged for it probably wouldn't have hurt him much professionally, but it still would have been more than just six months in prison.