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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>Please don’t read too much into the dismissal, it’s nothing more than a procedural formality.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>Some (not all) civil lawsuits can continue against the estate of someone who had died. But criminal prosecutions are purely personal to the individual defendant, they cannot be continued against the estate. If the prosecutors hadn’t dismissed, Aaron’s lawyers would have gotten it done, or the court would have done it on its own.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>This does not in any way signify that the prosecutors had any change of heart, it’s just a required formality.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>James S. Tyre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>Law Offices of James S. Tyre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>10736 Jefferson Blvd., #512<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>Culver City, CA 90230-4969<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>310-839-4114/310-839-4602(fax)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>jstyre@jstyre.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>Policy Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>https://www.eff.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Nnenna<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 14, 2013 2:35 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [governance] US court drops charges against Aaron Swartz<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Dismissal as signed by Carmen Ortiz and Stephen Haymann</span></font><font color=black face=Courier><span style='font-family:Courier;color:black'><br><br>Nnenna Nwakanma | Founder and CEO, NNENNA.ORG | Consultants<br>Information | Communications | Technology and Events | for Development<br>Cote d'Ivoire (+225)| Tel: 225 27144 | Fax 224 26471 |Mob. 07416820<br>Ghana: +233 249561345| Nigeria: +234 8101887065| <a href="http://www.nnenna.org">http://www.nnenna.org</a> <br><a href="mailto:nnenna@nnenna.org|">nnenna@nnenna.org|</a> @nnenna | Skype - nnenna75 | nnennaorg.blogspot.com</span></font><font color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></font></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Nnenna <<a href="mailto:nne75@yahoo.com">nne75@yahoo.com</a>><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> IG Caucus <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>> <br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 14, 2013 10:31 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [governance] US court drops charges against Aaron Swartz</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div id=yiv732652765><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><h5 style='background:white'><span class=yiv732652765usercontent><b><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>US court drops charges on Aaron Swartz days after his suicide — RT</span></font></b></span><font color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h5><h5 style='background:white'><span class=yiv732652765usercontent><b><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="http://rt.com/usa/news/swartz-suicide-court-drops-charges-997/">http://rt.com/usa/news/swartz-suicide-court-drops-charges-997/</a> </span></font></b></span><font color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h5><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Courier;color:black'><br><br>Nnenna Nwakanma | Founder and CEO, <a href="http://nnenna.org/" target="_blank">NNENNA.ORG</a> | Consultants<br>Information | Communications | Technology and Events | for Development<br>Cote d'Ivoire (+225)| Tel: 225 27144 | Fax 224 26471 |Mob. 07416820<br>Ghana: +233 249561345| Nigeria: +234 8101887065| <a href="http://www.nnenna.org">http://www.nnenna.org</a> <br><a href="mailto:nnenna@nnenna.org|">nnenna@nnenna.org|</a> @nnenna | Skype - 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