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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy does a 7 year sentence for an everyday sort of inner city street criminal seem common, but . . .
. . . the same 7 year sentence for a white collar criminal who was a filthy rich CEO seem remarkable?
Skrelli's sentence today was 7 years for crimes involving STEALING (they call it defrauding) lots of money from lots of people. The street criminals who get in the 7 to 10 year range are often guilty of relatively minor crimes. Far less - if money is the determinant - than most white collar crimes, truth be told.
Why is that?
Asking for a friend . . . . .
EX500rider
(10,518 posts)Judges do not like to see you over and over, they feel like you are not learning your lesson. Plus many of the street level crimes involve weapons.
Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)Street criminals don't.
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)jail for life and all assets seized. THAT would be a fair and just punishment.
genxlib
(5,506 posts)I would rather see that punk do 2 years of hard time in a max security prison than 7 years in a Club Fed minimum security facility.
TexasProgresive
(12,148 posts)When people would tell me so and so got a "fair" trial. I would later ask them if they were charged with a crime would they want a court appointed attorney or O.J.s dream team. They all said the dream team. So someone tell be what's fair about a trial when a poor defendant is defended by someone without much in the way of resources and a rich defendant can hire an army of lawyers, jury consultants and investigators besides being able to post bail so as to assist with their defense?