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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by stjohnswarts on Thursday June 24, 2021 @05:22AM (#27615448)
I think the Feds were after him pretty hard, they are rather vindictive and take his types of statements personally and that they encourage others to try and beat the system as well. Rarely is it only "the crime". Political ambition and Puritanical outlooks on morality often figure in with federal prosecutors.
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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by dragonwriter on Thursday June 24, 2021 @06:07AM (#27615720)
> Political ambition and Puritanical outlooks on morality often figure in with federal prosecutors.

Perhaps, but prosecutors don’t unilaterally set sentences, and neither of those are either guidelines factors or things that you can cite to get a trial court to depart from (and an appeals court to uphold departure from) the guidelines.

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