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Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted

#32
I'm not too familiar with the American system, could someone please explain how after the verdict does the sentencing work? The judge is the one who will now decide the sentence? And how long does that decision take, so when will we know what the consequences of the guilty verdict actually are? (For example, how many years in prison, or not).

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted

#34

Well... this is justice. Sadly, we don't get to see justice very often. This is life in prison, correct? I know he hasn't been sentenced but all counts is easily several life sentences at the federal level. When do the parents go on trial? I can't see how they make it out of this without at least having all their ill-begotten assets stripped.

115 years maximum. I haven’t been following the judge closely enough to have a feel for how much they’re going to throw the book vs let him off but I have to imagine it’ll be the book given his attitude throughout. But that one rapist, Brock Turner, did like a year of community service so you never know.

edit: Also seeing 110 years, TechCrunch said 115 here: https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/02/sam-bankman-fried-found-gu...

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted

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Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted

#38

Well... this is justice. Sadly, we don't get to see justice very often. This is life in prison, correct? I know he hasn't been sentenced but all counts is easily several life sentences at the federal level. When do the parents go on trial? I can't see how they make it out of this without at least having all their ill-begotten assets stripped.

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Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted

#39
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I will still be surprised if he spends a single day in prison though.

He's uh.. he's already been in prison for a bit.

No, he's been in jail. Semantic, and a bit simplified, but basically you're held in jail pending trial, and go to prison for a conviction.

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted

#40

Well... this is justice. Sadly, we don't get to see justice very often. This is life in prison, correct? I know he hasn't been sentenced but all counts is easily several life sentences at the federal level. When do the parents go on trial? I can't see how they make it out of this without at least having all their ill-begotten assets stripped.

Have all of the people scammed been brought whole? That would be justice. Someone sitting in jail isn't justice. It is punishment for his actions. I've never understood how someone being incarcerated has become considered justice.
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