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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.
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.
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.
http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/40347463044/prosecutor-as-bully
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html
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Signatures needed by February 11, 2013 to reach goal of 25,000
Total signatures on this petition
January 12, 2013
Signature # 1
August 01, 2014
Signature # 60,965
July 29, 2014
Signature # 60,964
Signature # 60,963
July 29, 2014
Signature # 60,962
July 28, 2014
Signature # 60,961
July 28, 2014
Signature # 60,960
July 28, 2014
Signature # 60,959
July 28, 2014
Signature # 60,958
July 28, 2014
Signature # 60,957
Signature # 60,956
July 28, 2014
Signature # 60,955
July 26, 2014
Signature # 60,954
July 26, 2014
Signature # 60,953
July 25, 2014
Signature # 60,952
July 24, 2014
Signature # 60,951
July 24, 2014
Signature # 60,950
July 24, 2014
Signature # 60,949
July 23, 2014
Signature # 60,948