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Ortiz has two daughters and is married to [[IBM]] executive Thomas Dolan; her first husband, Michael Vittorio Morisi, died in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/25/for_us_attorney_bulger_trial_is_latest_high_profile_case/?page=2 |title=For US attorney, Bulger trial is latest high-profile case |work=The Boston Globe |date=2011-07-25 |accessdate=2013-01-15}}</ref> |
Ortiz has two daughters and is married to [[IBM]] executive Thomas Dolan; her first husband, Michael Vittorio Morisi, died in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/25/for_us_attorney_bulger_trial_is_latest_high_profile_case/?page=2 |title=For US attorney, Bulger trial is latest high-profile case |work=The Boston Globe |date=2011-07-25 |accessdate=2013-01-15}}</ref> |
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== Prosecution of Aaron Swartz |
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Ortiz became the subject of controversy when her office prosecuted internet activist and leader [[Aaron Swartz]] for downloading articles from internet archive [[JSTOR]]. Ortiz, who filed the indictment, equated the downloads with theft saying "Stealing is stealing whether you use a computer command or a crowbar, and whether you take documents, data or dollars." Ortiz' deputies, Assistant US Attorneys Scott L. Garland and [[Stephen Heymann|Stephen P. Heymann]], led the prosecution effort.<ref name="Carter1">{{cite news |first=Zach |last=Carter |coauthors=Ryan Grim, Ryan J. Reilly |title=Carmen Ortiz, U.S. Attorney, Under Fire Over Suicide Of Internet Pioneer Aaron Swartz |date=January 14, 2013 |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/14/aaron-swartz-carmen-ortiz_n_2472146.html |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |accessdate=January 15, 2013}}</ref> |
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After Swartz's suicide in January 2013, Ortiz was criticized by MSNBC's [[Chris Hayes (journalist)|Chris Hayes]] for her office having "prosecuted Aaron with such recklessly disproportionate vigor".<ref>{{cite news |title=Aaron Swartz, your brillian mind, righteous heart will be missed |url=http://video.msnbc.msn.com/up-with-chris-hayes/50448209 |publisher=MSNBC |accessdate=14 January 2013}}</ref> Journalism assistant professor Dan Kennedy, writing for the ''[[Huffington Post]]'', reported that Aaron Swartz's death prompted "a wave of revulsion directed at U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz", including a [[White House]] petition calling for removing Ortiz from office,<ref>[http://wh.gov/E3v1 White House.gov petition]</ref> which within 3 days received over 30 thousand signatures, well beyond the 25,000 required to elicit a response from the White House. The Monday following Swartz's suicide, her office dropped all charges against him but declined to comment on the case "to respect the privacy of the family".<ref name=HuffingtonPost>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kennedy/aaron-swartz-carmen-ortiz_b_2469050.html |title=Aaron Swartz, Carmen Ortiz and the American System of Justice |last=Kennedy |first=Dan |date=January 13, 2012 |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |accessdate=14 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="Carter">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/14/aaron-swartz-carmen-ortiz_n_2472146.html|title=Carmen Ortiz, U.S. Attorney, Under Fire Over Suicide Of Internet Pioneer Aaron Swartz|last=Carter|first=Zach|coauthors=Grim, Ryan; Reilly, Ryan J.|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|accessdate=15 January 2013}}</ref> |
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[[Lawrence Lessig]], director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at [[Harvard University]], wrote, in a critical post titled "Prosecutor as bully" on his blog ''Lessig Blog, v2'': "That person is gone today, driven to the edge by what a decent society would only call bullying. I get wrong. But I also get proportionality. And if you don’t get both, you don’t deserve to have the power of the United States government behind you."<ref name=HuffingtonPost/><ref name=Lessig>{{cite web |url=http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/40347463044/prosecutor-as-bully |title=Prosecutor as bully}}</ref><ref name=ABAJournal>{{cite news |url= http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/did_hactivist_deserve_potential_decades-long_sentence_his_suicide_spurs_cri/ |title=Internet activist’s suicide spurs criticism of US Attorney |work=[[ABA Journal]] |date=January 14, 2013 |last=Cassens Weiss |first=Debra}}</ref> |
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Carmen Ortiz | |
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United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | |
Assumed office 2009 | |
Preceded by | Michael Loucks |
Personal details | |
Born | January 5, 1956 New York City |
Nationality | American |
Residence | Milton, Massachusetts |
Alma mater | George Washington University Law School |
Occupation | Attorney |
Carmen Milagros Ortiz (born 1956)[1] is the current United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. In 2009, she was nominated to the position by President Barack Obama.[2] Ortiz is both the first woman and the first Hispanic to serve as U.S. attorney for Massachusetts. She succeeded Michael Sullivan in that position, with Michael J. Loucks serving in the interim following Sullivan's resignation.[3]
Ortiz received her B.B.A at Adelphi University and her J.D. at George Washington University Law School. She was a senior trial attorney at the law firm of Morisi & Associates. For eight years, Ortiz was Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and later became an Assistant U.S. Attorney.[4]
In 2011, the Boston Globe named her "Bostonian of the Year" for her prosecution of "corruption and white-collar crime".[5] Boston magazine labeled her third most powerful person in Boston in 2012 for her successful corruption prosecutions of former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Salvatore DiMasi, former state Senator Dianne Wilkerson, and former Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner.[6] Ortiz successfully led the prosecution of Tarek Mehanna on terrorism charges in 2012, which generated substantial discussion of First Amendment protections of speech.[7]
Ortiz reportedly considered a campaign for the Governor of Massachusetts, but Ortiz denied interest in such a run.[8]
Ortiz has two daughters and is married to IBM executive Thomas Dolan; her first husband, Michael Vittorio Morisi, died in 2000.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Meet Carmen Ortiz By Steve Bagley (2009-10-02). "Meet Carmen Ortiz". Main Justice. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
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: Text "October 2, 2009 4:14 pm" ignored (help) - ^ "President Obama Nominates Michael Moore, Carmen Ortiz and Edward Tarver to be US Attorneys". The White House. September 18, 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ^ Vennochi, Joan (June 23, 2011). "Power hitter". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ^ "Meet the U.S. Attorney". US Attorney's Office - District of Massachusetts. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ^ "Bostonian of the Year: Carmen Ortiz - The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. December 30, 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ^ "The 50 Most Powerful People in Boston". Boston magazine. March, 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
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(help) - ^ Valencia, Milton J. (April 12, 2012). "Mehanna gets more than 17 years in jail". The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
- ^ Zaremba, John (January 4, 2013). "Carmen Ortiz rules out gov, Senate run". Boston Herald. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ^ "For US attorney, Bulger trial is latest high-profile case". The Boston Globe. 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2013-01-15.