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Stinky The Clown

(67,799 posts) Fri Mar 9, 2018, 06:45 PM Mar 2018

Why 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 . . . . .

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Why does a 7 year sentence for an everyday sort of inner city street criminal seem common, but . . . (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Mar 2018 OP

The street level criminals are usually multiple time offenders, EX500rider Mar 2018 #1

Because filthy rich CEO's actually MATTER. Glorfindel Mar 2018 #2

He should get the same sentence as Bernie Madoff BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #3

I think the type of prison matters more than anything. genxlib Mar 2018 #4

Low level defendents often have public defenders or court appointed attorneys. TexasProgresive Mar 2018 #5

EX500rider

(10,848 posts)

1. The street level criminals are usually multiple time offenders,

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2018, 06:49 PM

Mar 2018

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

(9,729 posts)

2. Because filthy rich CEO's actually MATTER.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2018, 06:50 PM

Mar 2018

Street criminals don't.

BigmanPigman

(51,593 posts)

3. He should get the same sentence as Bernie Madoff

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2018, 06:54 PM

Mar 2018

jail for life and all assets seized. THAT would be a fair and just punishment.

genxlib

(5,527 posts)

4. I think the type of prison matters more than anything.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2018, 06:57 PM

Mar 2018

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

(12,157 posts)

5. Low level defendents often have public defenders or court appointed attorneys.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2018, 07:13 PM

Mar 2018

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?

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