Prosecutor Stephen Heymann told MIT that Aaron Swartz was like a rapist who blames his victim

“it is disturbing to him “whenever a defendant ‘systematically revictimized’ the victim, and that was what Swartz was doing by dragging MIT through hearings and a trial…”

Basic Constitutional law fail?

“in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right…to be confronted with the witnesses against him.”

Or how about from the mouth of the Supreme Court: “Dispensing with confrontation because testimony is obviously reliable is akin to dispensing with jury trial because the defendant is obviously guilty.”

It is disturbing to me when government attorneys pretend like due process is just a barrier to a persecution…er, prosecution.

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