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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by nostromo on Friday November 18, 2022 @08:11PM (#33665517)
11+ years in jail for possession is vanishingly rare. The median time served is 1 year for possession.

The average time served for murder in the US is about 13 years - just a bit longer than Holmes’ sentence.

https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/tssp16.pdf

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by JustSomeNobody on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:56PM (#33666334)
Does that take into account three strike rules? I'd be curious how many simple possessions turned into decades.
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