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What's the takeaway from this other than "killing people by giving phony medical test results is just fine, but don't you dare anger the wealthy"?
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From former AUSA, and current white-collar defense attorney Ken White: "She faces a max of 65 years (3x20 + 1x5). And it's not at all clear she'll do less than 20." Apparently the sentences will not necessarily be served concurrently. https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1478170494130003976?s=20
Argh! The linked NPR article on that tweet had me yelling at my phone: > It is unusual for tech executives to face criminal changes when their startups collapse under the weight of unrealized promises. That's because it's not illegal to over promise about your future results. It is illegal to lie about simple facts regarding the present state of your business to attract funding. I'm so sick of so many press outlets f…
What's the takeaway from this other than "killing people by giving phony medical test results is just fine, but don't you dare anger the wealthy"?
That proving some things in court is easier than other things and by reducing down nuanced legal systems to "rich bad" doesn't help the situation any.
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Don't discount the possibility that she'll have her sentence commuted by a future President. Look at the roster of political heavyweights that she was able to attract to the company. It wouldn't surprise me if one or more of these people still have an affinity for her and, at the right time, throw some good words in the President's ears on her behalf.
This disgusts me. The president should not have the power to free anyone from prison. If the laws are broken then (attempt to) change those, but otherwise you’re just saying “yeah, you’re guilty, but I like you so you don’t need to serve your time like everyone else”.
I don't think any of the founding fathers foresaw presidents using their power to pardon their friends. The whole system is extremely vulnerable to an insider attack - very few tools are in place to work around corrupt leaders.
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Don't discount the possibility that she'll have her sentence commuted by a future President. Look at the roster of political heavyweights that she was able to attract to the company. It wouldn't surprise me if one or more of these people still have an affinity for her and, at the right time, throw some good words in the President's ears on her behalf.
This disgusts me. The president should not have the power to free anyone from prison. If the laws are broken then (attempt to) change those, but otherwise you’re just saying “yeah, you’re guilty, but I like you so you don’t need to serve your time like everyone else”.
What's the takeaway from this other than "killing people by giving phony medical test results is just fine, but don't you dare anger the wealthy"?
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Skilling of Enron fame got 24 years and was released after 12. That seemed a far worse crime than Theranos IMHO.
> Skilling of Enron fame got 24 years and was released after 12. That's because his original 24 year sentence was reduced to 14 after a Supreme Court case vacated part of his convictions. My bet, based on some calculators I've seen, is that Holmes serves (actually in jail) 14-18 years.
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I know someone who has both beenz and flooz promotional stuff
blinks Do you mean to say that Beenz wasn't a fever dream I enjoyed? Next you'll be telling me that Swatch's Beats was a real, actual attempt at redefining time, and wasn't just something I overheard being invented by a bunch of Jolly People at the pub one night.
What's the takeaway from this other than "killing people by giving phony medical test results is just fine, but don't you dare anger the wealthy"?
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That proving some things in court is easier than other things and by reducing down nuanced legal systems to "rich bad" doesn't help the situation any.
IIRC the notorious gangster Al Capone was done on tax evasion, not on his main murder-heavy business.