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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by bdcravens on Friday August 04, 2017 @03:56PM (#14931628)
Similar to OJ's recent parole that had nothing to do with the murder he was accused of committing. MSM, the previous victim's families, etc, seem to be conflating the two.
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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by CobrastanJorji on Friday August 04, 2017 @04:21PM (#14931900)
That's different, though. The goal of a parole suitability hearing is to determine whether an inmate poses an unreasonable risk of danger to society if released from prison. A data point like "this prisoner murdered some people" is very relevant to that determination.
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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by vkou on Friday August 04, 2017 @04:26PM (#14931934)
OJ's parole was fair, and done by the book. OJ's sentencing for the armed robbery (30 years - his friends who brought the guns, and had a number of prior felonies all got probation) unfairly reflected his murder trial. The judge and jury were almost certainly out to get him.
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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by throwawayjava on Friday August 04, 2017 @08:54PM (#14933614)
> armed robbery (30 years... his friends... all got probation

Those are both extremely inappropriate, tbf...

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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by artursapek on Friday August 04, 2017 @05:09PM (#14932284)
Not that I think OJ is innocent, but that can't be treated as a "data point"; based on public record he did not murder anyone.
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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by nerfhammer on Friday August 04, 2017 @08:26PM (#14933501)
He was found liable for causing wrongful deaths.
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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by evgen on Saturday August 05, 2017 @08:58AM (#14935475)
In a civil trial, not a criminal one. Big, big difference.
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