Chronically depressed people commit suicide frequently. I'd be interested in hearing your evidence that Aaron killed himself because of his prosecution, besides from the mere coincidence of the two events.
What you have asked for as been discussed at considerable length already. If you want to read that discussion, use the search field at the bottom to get started. There is no sense in having that same conversation for the hundredth time.
Strange. I've been reading hackernews for years, and I don't remember any kind of evidence ever being presented that Aaron killed himself because of the prosecution, besides for the coincidince of the two events.
If you want to argue over it, you can do so somewhere more relevant, preferably in one of the old threads where it has already been beaten to death. It is clear there that a unanimous consensus is not going to arise on the matter.
I'll bring it up when ever it is relevant. The "Ortiz=Murderer" faction doesn't get a free pass to make their outrageous claims simply because the question has been discussed elsewhere.
It's like you never have seen politician or lawyer in action. Of course they can. That's their job. They can say anything provided it is useful for them - and right now Ortiz feels it is useful for her to not admit any wrongdoing and rely on her superior to cover her. If the public would not put the pressure on those superiors, she very well might be right.
They are lawyers. To them, unlike normal empathetic humans, admitting guilt is not seen as a nice gesture and part of making amends, but rather just something you do if you are foolish.
