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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by s1artibartfast on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:10PM (#33664149)
It is hard to compare financial damage to other types of crimes. They are inherently apples and oranges.

That is to say, there is no quantitative to compare harm from billions of fraud to getting kids hooked on crack.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by soperj on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:14PM (#33664208)
I mean, you could be the Sacklers and do both?
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by munk-a on Friday November 18, 2022 @07:11PM (#33664936)
Yea but crime is a lot like a game of hearts - if you shoot the moon then you're not punished at all.
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by usednet on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:19PM (#33664277)
The problem is there is a quantitative to compare the punishments for each crime. As such we cannot just throw our hands up and say they are incomparable, we have to compare them to the best of our ability.
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by s1artibartfast on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:31PM (#33664464)
why exactly do we have to compare them?

The relevant question is does the punishment fit the crime.

How the punishment stacks up against other crimes and punishments doesn't matter.

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