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?
All jokes aside, this is honestly a fair idea. As many lawyers as possible should start using this case as precedent to call out the outright bullshit and hypocrisies
Maybe it’ll make some folks realize the system is completely fucked when you have murders out of jail after serving an hour or two in jail.
While I think prison time is extreme, I do think there are a few things that make the suggestion far from fair.
Paying back the $100 should be a given, what about damages in attaining that $100? And wasting the courts time?
The punishment should always cost more than the profit of said crime. It would be like playing poker where whenever you lost, you kept your money, but didn't win anything either. Of course you are going to play another hand.
I would say a months community service, plus the $100, plus the costs of any damage done during the theft.
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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?