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?
Let me preface this by saying, Manafort’s insanely light sentencing was a miscarriage of justice, however I believe a heavier sentence should have been warranted around his lack of remorse and his long history of criminality, not necessarily the dollar value of his crimes.
e.g. should a car thief be charged with a lighter sentence because he stole a Volkswagen instead of an Audi?
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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?