• Melllvar@startrek.website
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    6 months ago

    That’s not exactly what happened.

    Aaron committed suicide before his case went to trial, and so he was never convicted let alone sentenced. 35 years was never even likely; had it gone to trial there’s every reason to think he’d have been acquitted outright, or at worst given a slap on the wrist. Not that he should have even been charged, of course.

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      Well now I’ve got two competing claims, and I can’t believe either one until I see the authoritative history on it