We really don&#x27;t know how much of an effect MIT declaring that they don&#x27;t want Swartz in prison would&#x27;ve had on his prosecution, speculating on that is rather pointless anyway since we never got to hear his sentence.<p>I never made such a claim. I specifically brought up the previous depression to make clear that we really don&#x27;t know what was going on his life and what ended up driving him over the edge.