<story><title>Prosecutor pursuing Aaron Swartz linked to suicide of another hacker</title><url>http://rt.com/usa/news/swartz-prosecutor-suicide-hacker-050/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>downandout</author><text>The reality is that it is quite rare for a federal defendant to kill themselves.  To have 2 of them (that we know about) stemming from prosecutions by one individual, I would have to say, is pretty remarkable.  While it could just be a coincidence, the one common denominator in these two statistically rare incidents is Stephen Heymann.&lt;p&gt;We&apos;ll just call him &quot;Suicide Steve&quot;.&lt;p&gt;On a somewhat related note, the callousness of the people that work in the MA US Attorney&apos;s office apparently extends to their spouses.  The husband of US Attorney Carmen Ortiz posted on his (now deleted) twitter account criticizing Aaron&apos;s family for the content of his obituary (screenshot of his tweet here - &lt;a href=&quot;http://imgur.com/IR5ah&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://imgur.com/IR5ah&lt;/a&gt; ).</text></comment>
<story><title>Prosecutor pursuing Aaron Swartz linked to suicide of another hacker</title><url>http://rt.com/usa/news/swartz-prosecutor-suicide-hacker-050/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jamesaguilar</author><text>I can understand how people might expect different behavior in the Swartz case. But what in the behavior discussed in this article is other than exactly what you would expect? &lt;i&gt;Of course&lt;/i&gt; she is going to prosecute a credit card thief who has stolen tens of thousands of cards. How does this stack up as added evidence against her?</text></comment>