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Re:Jury convicts brothers in H-1B fraud case, jail possible by fabulist on Sunday November 15, 2015 @08:17AM (#10569525)
Not every killer should go to jail for life, but (let's say) some do; thus, the maximum is life. Maybe these brothers deserve 20 years, maybe they don't, but bringing people into a new country, where they will be dependent on you, in order to take advantage of them, is a serious offense. 20 years seems reasonable to me.

(Edit: changed "charge" to "offense" since that is a pattern of behavior rather than a crime.)

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Re:Jury convicts brothers in H-1B fraud case, jail possible by anonymfus on Sunday November 15, 2015 @08:55AM (#10569610)
>Not every killer should go to jail for life, but (let's say) some do; thus, the maximum is life.

Many countries don't have life sentences.

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Re:Jury convicts brothers in H-1B fraud case, jail possible by fabulist on Sunday November 15, 2015 @09:05AM (#10569634)
I'm not convinced of the value of life imprisonment (or of imprisonment). I only meant to state that the maximum sentence is not related to these perpetrators, but the worst possible perpetrator of a given crime.

(Edit: forgot the "not" in "not convinced".)

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