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Re:FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Should Serve 40 to 50 Years in Pr... by throwaway74432 on Friday March 15, 2024 @04:17PM (#39720246)
>20 years is as much a deterrent as 50 years, but at a lower cost to the tax payer.

The number of wealthy people getting those kinds of sentences is basically 0, so the cost to the taxpayer is a moot point.

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Re:FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Should Serve 40 to 50 Years in Pr... by anigbrowl on Friday March 15, 2024 @05:18PM (#39720823)
but let's say we had a habit of locking up corrupt billionaires for 20 years
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Re:FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Should Serve 40 to 50 Years in Pr... by throwaway74432 on Friday March 15, 2024 @11:44PM (#39723198)
There's only about 3000 billionaires in the world. Again, cost is a moot point.
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