The College Scandal. Could this help?

[cpamomfromtexas]

If it is known who was “next on the list”, would restitution require the offenders pay the way of the ones cheated out of their slots as well as jail time? Or perhaps contribute to a pool to pay the way for victims since there were so many instances of cheating?

Or should restition involve a sum say 10 times the value + jail time equal to say 4 years (normal time spent for a 4 year degree)?

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	Both restitution and jail time as well as expelling beneficiaries from school
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	Expulsion of beneficiaries only
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	Other- Please explain below in comments
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[zipplewrath]

1. Case by Case

It depends greatly upon the participation of the student. In some cases it isn't clear the student knew what was going on. Also, in some cases it isn't clear anyone else was "harmed". If the school just added one more student to the freshmen class, no one lost out. Once the kids are there, if they are performing and passing, it is probably appropriate to let them finish.

But there were students that clearly must have understood that something was wrong. Either never having taken an SAT, or getting on a school team in a sport they never participated, etc. And even there, you have the issue that the kids were raised in an environment where this was presented as somehow "how the system works". In those cases I'd have to look at the very behavior of each student individually.

I suspect no one is going to jail, mostly because sentencing guidelines probably won't dictate it. They're all "first time offenders" and predominately I suspect the focus will be upon restitution.

[NCjack]

2. The parents and their children will be prosecuted by the state.

We really have not influence on that. But, rest assured that they will receive the justice that their money can buy.