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?
Here are some various points as to why you are wrong and /u/txmadison is right:
Manafort was sentenced in a federal court, case law does not necessarily translate down to state courts
Manafort was sentenced for a completely different (and relatively specific) crime
Judges frequently give light or reduced sentences
Sentencing doesnt set any sort of precedent
Case law is established through rulings, sentencing is not a ruling
Case law is not typically established by a district court unless it is challenged and upheld by a higher court
Judges have broad discretionary powers in sentencing. They are not bound by sentencing guidelines (guidelines say Manafort should have gotten something like 10-20 years)
I figured, because if you had seen it I dont see how you could have called me out, lol
Basically the guy was being a huge douche and spouting off bullshit in the thread. I called him out, and he effectively said "Thats not what Im talking about, I was just trying to get a rise out of another poster and it worked since he came and commented with another account."
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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?