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chmike on Jan 14, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Criminal Charges Against Aaron Swartz (Part 1:...

Thank you for the clarification. i didn't know that.

What justified to invoke felony in Aaron case ? What constitute felony ? (please note that my ignorance is becasue I'm not American)

bradleyjg on Jan 14, 2013 [–]

A felony is any crime for the which the maximum penalty is at least one year in prison. The term used to mean crimes which were potentially capital, but with so few of them these days the definition changed.

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