Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f...
by 0xy on Friday November 18, 2022 @07:49PM
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SBF will get a lower sentence or might even dodge jail altogether considering how many political palms he's greased, including throughout the current administration.
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f...
by jasonhansel on Friday November 18, 2022 @08:01PM
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I'd give it a couple months.
Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f...
by shapefrog on Saturday November 19, 2022 @06:44AM
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I would happily suggest that Elizabeth Holmes was orders of magnitude BETTER connected than SBF.
Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f...
by DuckFeathers on Sunday November 20, 2022 @07:01AM
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But Holmes did not donate hundreds of millions to various groups and definitely did not help launder large amounts of money from war torn country. You have to be connected closer to the swamp to be protected by them.
Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f...
by regularjack on Saturday November 19, 2022 @08:17AM
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I keep seeing this sort of reply here but I don't get it. Isn't the judiciary system in the US independent from politics? If you can donate your way out of jail, something is seriously wrong with the justice system.
Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f...
by 0xy on Saturday November 19, 2022 @08:15PM
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The courts are independent, but for criminal matters government prosecutors decide whether someone even makes it to court.
Consider the case of Hillary Clinton, who by textbook definition mishandled classified documents, which other people have been jailed for. She was not even referred for prosecution because of her widespread connections and political machinery.
There's numerous other examples of connected people getting light or no sentences. Jussie Smollett is another one.