I swore there was a thread somewhere else but I couldn't find it, maybe I'm blind. There is also a whitehouse.gov petition regarding removing the federal prosecutor in this case.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petiti ... z/RQNrG1CkQuote:
State prosecutors who investigated the late Aaron Swartz had planned to let him off with a stern warning, but federal prosecutor Carmen Ortiz took over and chose to make an example of the Internet activist, according to a report in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57565 ... port-says/
