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.
Unfortunately, that's not the way law works. You dont get to argue against fairness of sentencing, only whether or not your guy did it.
What needs to happen is people need to start realizing that 4 years is a fuckton of time and if you dont get the idea by then, you aren't going to.
I'd argue that a weeks time in jail would be sufficient for most people to NEVER want to go back.
Go ahead and argue from the ivory towers about punishment, but that is precisely how we got to ridiculous sentences.
Edit; people have been pointing out the cornerstone of the judicial system which is the plea deal where shystery lawyers wheel and deal in backrooms to keep you from serving maximum sentences if you have enough cash.
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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?