• Josey_Wales@lemmy.zip
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    8 hours ago

    Guess without any evidence based on the sparse information available…

    federal plea + motion to dismiss state case on double jeopardy grounds. If successful, keeps his time federal and makes a possible future pardon less complicated?

    I could see pardoning him grabbing a large number of votes based on his popularity?

    Just guessing though

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      7 hours ago

      Exactly. This is what happened to Ross Ulbricht. Aaron Swartz should have done this too. It’s gambling though, imagine waiting for a pardon your whole life just to regret not killing yourself early instead of dying of old age. Leftists are less likely to get pardoned unfortunately