I agree with you except for one thing.<p>&gt; It&#x27;s very hard to shoot down an urban myth as virulent as &quot;Swartz faced 35 years in prison&quot;<p>Because that is in fact what the DOJ sent out to the press in this document stating the non-mythical number 35.<p>Trying to understand why 35 years is a myth the public continues to hold on to: Pragmatically you are saying that could not happen but the empirical evidence of DOJ communication to the public is 35 years.