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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison by thereddaikon on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:22PM (#39853663)
At some point its not about deterrent or social benefit but justice. People can say its not fair or productive for people like him to be locked up forever. Well, what about their victims? How many people's financial futures were destroyed by SBF? Is it fair to all those people that he will get to live a normal life? And likely a comfortable well off one at that. He already had a privileged family and I have no doubt it will be easy for him to profit off his story once he gets out. The hardly seems right.
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison by bawolff on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:29PM (#39853794)
> Well, what about their victims? How many people's financial futures were destroyed by SBF? Is it fair to all those people that he will get to live a normal life?

That sounds more like retribution than justice. I.E. wanting to cause him pain because he caused pain in others.

Of course, i don't have a better answer by any means.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison by seanmcdirmid on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:33PM (#39853899)
It is deterrence: it sends the message of don't do the same thing or you'll wind up in prison for a long time. It really isn't retribution, this kind of enforcement is meant to scare other potential white collar criminals into not breaking the law as well.
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison by mnau on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:56PM (#39854276)
Retribution is one of justifications for punishment: retribution; incapacitation; deterrence; rehabilitation and reparation.

Retribution is part of the justice.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison by batch12 on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:25PM (#39853717)
Does his jail time do anything that helps his victims other than make them feel good? Are there other ways he could make reparations?
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison by TheOtherHobbes on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:59PM (#39854330)
It protects potential future victims - both from SBF and from those who might want to emulate him.

Which is why I think the sentence is too low.

There are other ways he could make reparations. One would be to have one-to-one meetings with his victims, where they tell him in person how his actions affected them.

There's a fair chance it would bounce right off SBF, because he clearly has serious personality issues.

Then again, maybe not.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison by ziddoap on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:35PM (#39853927)
A prison sentence is punishment, not justice.

Justice would be making the victims whole.

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