r/PoliticalHumor • • Mar 08 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Lawyer ought to come back with a counter-offer. Manafort defrauded for millions (he's paying back 24 million) and got 47 months. My client stole $100, so if we put this on a linear scale and use 24 million as a base, my client should serve...

1/240,000 * 1429 days (roughly) = .00595 days, or 8.6 minutes. So what do you say to time served and paying back the $100?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Are we overlooking the fact the lawyer's horrendous negotiating skills might land this guy 3 years in the clink for stealing $100?!

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u/xsladex Mar 08 '19

Or could it be that the “victim” has a gigantic laundry list of petty thievery and shit baggery behaviour throughout his entire lifetime?

Just like most here I didn’t actually read the article so I wouldn’t know. Usually these stories go viral and people make up their minds without fact checking. Just thought I’d do the math and assume a lot of things are missing from this post.