> the US government murdered him

Clarification: he suicided while awaiting trial after the DoJ (and possibly MIT and the journal/publisher) threw the book at him in an effort to get him to plea out to a lesser felony.

If you issue a GET to a child porn website, that is a crime. Intent, action, and outcome are all considered in legal matters, much in the same way that using a gun to hunt often is legal while shooting someone is rarely legal. An action doesn't end where you conveniently want it.

Aaron Schwartz was doing some pretty blatant and cheeky piracy, and the AG either wanted to make an example out of him or coerce a plea, and he chose to end his life under such pressure. It's an abhorrent event, and deserves criticism, but embellishing and outright lying about the reality is doing him no favors.

The US government did not murder Aaron Schwartz. The story is tragic enough without misrepresenting his mistreatment by the government.