&gt; He was not murdered. Murder means an unlawful killing; prosecutors did not unlawfully kill Aaron, he did that himself.<p>Carmen Ortiz as the prosecutor <i>was</i> the law at that moment, so it is a circular reasoning and sophistry to say that killing Aaron Swartz was not unlawful.<p>&gt; He didn&#x27;t have to commit suicide, that was his <i>choice</i><p>And it was Carmen Ortiz&#x27; choice to bring Aaron into a position where he didn&#x27;t see any other escape than suicide.