U.S. prosecutors seek 27 months imprisonment for former Uber self-driving head

Post by zacksinclair » Thu, Jul 30, 2020, 5:21 PM UTC

chrismcb wrote: post #116

zacksinclair wrote: post #98

> “It is, unfortunately, no exaggeration to say that a prison sentence today can amount to the imposition of a serious health crisis, even a death sentence, given the BOP’s (Federal Bureau of Prisons) current inability to control the spread of the coronavirus,” Levandowski’s attorneys wrote. I find this ridiculous for his attorneys to use as a defense against his potential incarceration. While likely true (and certai…

Whole it may be ridiculous, he is doing his job in trying to get his client of and our a weaker sentence. And yeah, any lawyer today woukd be making the same argument. Keep in mind, the constitution prohibits unusual and unjust punishment. So, or choose, conditions in prison should be brought up... By any good lawyer, at any time.

I agree the lawyer is doing the right thing for his role - perhaps I should have phrased as "ridiculous for this argument to be taken seriously" or some such.

Post by lostlogin » Sat, Aug 01, 2020, 1:32 AM UTC

macspoofing wrote: post #119

lostlogin wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is, and if both took $10k the violent crime deserves a harsher punishment. But when 18,000x the money is taken, there is a fair bit of hurt for a fair few people.

We live in a dyslexic era. On one end, you have people trying to argue that there is an incarceration crisis in the country and call for reforms to reduce prison sentences for non-violent offenders ... on the other end, if you read a story about a white-collar criminal, people want to increase prison sentences. Which is it?

I think it can be both without being contradictory. Changing what gets you prison time with a resulting overall decrease in the prison population is possible.

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