Aaron Swartz was never convicted for these crime, much less sentenced to 35 years. According to wikipedia, his maximum exposure was 50 years and $1 million in fines; he almost certainly would not have faced those in sentencing.

This is not to diminish the terrorist tactics of the prosecutors that lead to his death. ACAB

Worth a read. The US robbed us of him https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

Remember, America does not have a justice system, just a legal system

Too bad he wasn’t building an LLM…