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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:36PM (#48821743)
> Price Andrew got a name change, but hasn’t had any real penalty to date.

For the British Royals, I suspect becoming persona non grata is more impactful than a jail sentence.

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by batch12 on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:47PM (#48821889)
More impactful than prison? Nah. Why not both?
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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:50PM (#48821938)
> More impactful than prison?

Class-based systems get pretty weird at the top.

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by lostlogin on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @06:08PM (#48824633)
Yes, but also, for Andrew to have behaved this way, a lot more people than him had to be involved. It appears they get no sanction.
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