If she hadn't, would the complaint be, "why didn't anyone propose this change early enough to actually help?"

I suppose one could focus on retribution for this particular event, or recognize that the CFAA allows for many other unknown people to spend lengthy jail sentences with few people caring about them.

If the legislation is flawed, it should be changed, so that even people without celebrity are protected. Prosecutorial discretion has its place, but the idea of prosecutors selectively applying laws that are on the books with considerations about how popular suspects are in a poor model for a legal system.

It usually takes a tragedy to actually accomplish anything in government (occasionally just a wildly outlandish remark, but I digress).

Progress is still progress, even if the event that got the ball rolling should have never happened.

Also, "our martyr"? Now I'm insulted.