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Re:The $8M Heist from the Carnegie Library by haltingproblem on Sunday August 23, 2020 @12:13AM (#24249463)
How about a teller who steals $20 from the till at a Chase Bank? They will do jail time.

I want these two plunders to rot because people have done time for far less serious non-violent crimes.

This is rotten and perhaps crooked. Someone called in favor from the judge.

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Re:The $8M Heist from the Carnegie Library by sosborn on Sunday August 23, 2020 @12:28AM (#24249524)
> I want these two plunders to rot because people have done time for far less serious non-violent crimes.

I would rather the lenience they experienced be extended to those who have done time for less serious crimes.

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Re:The $8M Heist from the Carnegie Library by haltingproblem on Sunday August 23, 2020 @11:43AM (#24252662)
I am sorry but that is just wishful thinking. The exception here is the light sentences for these folks and the norm is jail time for others.
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Re:The $8M Heist from the Carnegie Library by sosborn on Monday August 24, 2020 @02:12PM (#24263559)
> that is just wishful thinking

Of course it is. That's kind of the point of my comment.

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