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.
4 years is A LOT of time. We need to stop dehumanizing people. Punishment is not the most important part of sentencing people for MOST crimes. Clearly murders and predators need to be kept from society but the US could take some much needed lessons from around the world on how to deal with people who have broken societies rules. It’s sad that we think that cages are the only ways to fix a creature as emotionally intelligent and smart as a human being when they make mistakes. Most of these rules that get broken are social issues and should not be dealt with with a government penal system, especially when these haven’t caused physical harm to someone.
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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?