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Propose an Aaron Swartz Act: The purpose of which to limit all computer crime sentences to 1 year maximum and $100,000.

Created by M.S. on January 12, 2013

This act would provide a sensible maximum penalty for what the government deems "computer crimes." As a society, we all agree that proportionality is important for non-violent crimes, especially those who we typically prosecute young people with. Many times these crimes are prosecuted under laws that aren't well defined and leave a great deal of the implementation and sentencing to politics, not justice.

Considering it takes at least $1.5 million dollars to attempt to defend oneself from a federal prosecutor, we can at least try to make sentencing sane as most federal indictments go into plea bargaining as no one other than the super-rich can attempt to defend themselves.

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