MIT dropped the ball here but the prosecutor sounds absolutely evil by comparison and seems to have heavily influenced MIT's position of neutrality.
This article really needs more evidence supporting its views. Just restating the claims of the report isn't enough. For example, the third claim is that MIT claims no one cared until aaronsw's suicide. Citing protests by students, open letters by faculty, or articles by alumni would sufficiently refute the report, which is DH5^1. As it stands, this article is just contradicting, which is DH3, and much less convincing.<p>[1]<a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html</a>
Moral of the story DO NOT SUE YOUR STUDENTS.
For crying out lout TALK with them first.<p>The other lesson is we can all trust the USA to not kill a person (indirectly and unwillingly but still dead non the less) when people commit minor crimes, and don't even cause significant financial losses.