Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty
by afterburner on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @04:21AM
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Did you know they only ever got Al Capone on tax evasion? Would you draw a similar conclusion in that case, or maybe did the effort put into pinning Capone on tax evasion have more to do with how he was running a murderous criminal organization for many years?
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Isn’t Al Capone’s tax evasion conviction usually mentioned as a bit of a joke? I don’t see how anyone can cite it as an example of the system working perfectly fine.
Ignoring for a moment that this was in a very different era, to me, there are only two possible conclusions from this:
(a) The conviction was legitimate. This means that if only he had been a bit more thorough about laundering his money, he’d have gotten away with organized murder.
(b) The conviction was ultimately politically motivated, because it became a public embarrassment that he couldn’t be convicted of anything. But if the state really wants to get rid of someone, a prosecutor will find a way, so they did.
And I seriously don’t know which possibility is more frightening.
Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty
by himinlomax on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @04:57AM
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(b) is far more terrifying. I'd rather 1000 murderers get away than a single case of a prosecutor have that kind of discretionary power to fuck over essentially anyone just for selective enforcement. The law should be applied equally.
Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty
by afterburner on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:31AM
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You think the state imprisoning a crime boss is frightening?
>Did you know they only ever got Al Capone on tax evasion? Would you draw a similar conclusion in that case
Yeah. Gangster?
Police doesn't care or is on the payroll.
The IRS however will get you -- it will only let the very rich off.