Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
by tredre3 on Thursday March 28, 2024 @01:17PM
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I've noticed the same trend. HN (as a collective) doesn't believe in punishing white-collar crimes with incarceration. I guess it hits too close to home.
Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
by anon291 on Thursday March 28, 2024 @02:06PM
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Realistically, I mainly believe in punishing violent crimes with incarceration. Most white collar criminals could be sufficiently contained with house arrest and restrictions on visits/internet access/etc. Just realistically, you can keep a financier in an apartment they pay for, but probably not a good idea for someone who's murdered and burglared.
Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
by jojo100 on Thursday March 28, 2024 @07:01PM
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Yeah, it clearly does. Lot of sweating collars.
Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
by brandonmenc on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:50PM
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> $20 of theft? 5 years away
Who in this day and age is going to jail for half a decade because they snuck a 20 dollar bill out of the cash register when no one was looking?
There are almost always violent actions involved that are conveniently glossed over whenever someone bemoans “life in prison for stealing a loaf of bread!”
Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
by shuckles on Thursday March 28, 2024 @01:43PM
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Nobody. Federal prisoners are almost entirely convicted of serious violent crime.
Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
by monocasa on Thursday March 28, 2024 @02:18PM
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Which is why you saw this with relatively local and state level prosecutions from 90s tough on crime policies like three strikes laws.
Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
by itscodingtime on Thursday March 28, 2024 @03:36PM
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It’s almost night and day compared to when Bob Lee was murdered and they thought vagrant or some other (insert stereotype here) was the culprit. Remember how tough on crime this crowd was then ?
Remember the silence and lack of thought pieces when it turned out to be someone he knew instead of some brown person or drug addict ?
Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
by thuuuomas on Thursday March 28, 2024 @01:48PM
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It’s simple - everyone here arguing the merits of a lower sentence identifies with Sam.
Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
by anon291 on Thursday March 28, 2024 @02:04PM
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Violent crime is ultimately more than just monetary damages.
Like realistically, sbf can just be kept in a fenced compound. He's shown no great violent urge. House arrest would probably serve the same purpose of removing him from the population for X years.
Someone breaking into a building is a lot different. They need more security and cause more chaos.
But this is one of those subjects where it gets weird.
SBF was directly responsible for millions, if not billions, of direct monetary loss to identified individuals. Yet the top comments on HN are all discussing whether incarceration is retribution, spite, deterrence, or rehabilition.
The USA incarcerates people for tiny financial damages at a higher rate than anywhere else in the world. $20 of theft? 5 years away, no problem. $1 billion: well we should consider what we're trying to achieve here...
If the USA is going to be consistent in sentencing then just fucking kill him.
Or reconsider and free the thousands of black dudes serving ridiculous sentences for minor crimes.