Aaron Swartz Suicide Dead (Bio, Photos)
A young programmer, online activist and reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz was found dead on Friday, January 12, 2013. This is very shocking news that hit the web early this Sunday. Everyone is wondering why he committed suicide? Hence, the police are now investigating what happened, searching for possible reason on his apparent suicide death.
Aaron Swartz was 26 year old, he hanged himself in his apartment in Brooklyn. His suicide was confirmed through email to MIT's The Tech newspaper by his attorney, Elliot Peters.
Now his friends and his family were saddened of what happened to Aaron Swartz.
He was bright man, he aimed and fought to make online content free to the public but now he’s gone.
Here’s the statement of Elliot Peters, Aaron Swartz’s Attorney.
"The tragic and heartbreaking information you received is, regrettably, true,".
A bio of Aaron Swartz, In 2011, he was arrested in Boston for alleged computer fraud and illegally obtaining documents from protected computers. He was later indicted from an incident in which he allegedly stole millions of online documents from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He pleaded not guilty in September, according to MIT's "The Tech" newspaper.
His federal trial on computer fraud charges was to begin next month. If convicted, he could have faced more than 50 years in prison and up to $4 million in fines.
Aaron Swartz was the co-founder of the non-profit political action group Demand Progress, was a prodigy who as a young teenager helped create RSS. He co-founded the social news website Reddit, and directed the political action group Demand Progress that campaigns against Internet censorship.
Here's a photo of Aaron Swartz
A young programmer, online activist and reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz was found dead on Friday, January 12, 2013. This is very shocking news that hit the web early this Sunday. Everyone is wondering why he committed suicide? Hence, the police are now investigating what happened, searching for possible reason on his apparent suicide death.
Aaron Swartz was 26 year old, he hanged himself in his apartment in Brooklyn. His suicide was confirmed through email to MIT's The Tech newspaper by his attorney, Elliot Peters.
Now his friends and his family were saddened of what happened to Aaron Swartz.
He was bright man, he aimed and fought to make online content free to the public but now he’s gone.
Here’s the statement of Elliot Peters, Aaron Swartz’s Attorney.
"The tragic and heartbreaking information you received is, regrettably, true,".
A bio of Aaron Swartz, In 2011, he was arrested in Boston for alleged computer fraud and illegally obtaining documents from protected computers. He was later indicted from an incident in which he allegedly stole millions of online documents from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He pleaded not guilty in September, according to MIT's "The Tech" newspaper.
His federal trial on computer fraud charges was to begin next month. If convicted, he could have faced more than 50 years in prison and up to $4 million in fines.
Aaron Swartz was the co-founder of the non-profit political action group Demand Progress, was a prodigy who as a young teenager helped create RSS. He co-founded the social news website Reddit, and directed the political action group Demand Progress that campaigns against Internet censorship.
Here's a photo of Aaron Swartz
