At least he doesn't have far to go to report to prison considering that Lompoc has a federal penitentiary. Medium security though, not sure he'd qualify? Kevin Mitnick spent time there as a point of comparison.
YouTuber sentenced to 6 months in prison for obstructing probe into plane crash
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#182Earlier quoted context omitted.
Legal fees alone are going to be many times YouTube revenue. Add lost wages for a half year in prison. Add future lost revenue from sponsors who don't want to be associated with this, and it has to be a huge financial disaster.
Even if the legal fees weren't many times the revenue, I never understood why couldn't the justice system default to fines like "All income arising out of crime + $XYZ" for all crimes, so that the fine is never a cost of doing business?
This is called disgorgement and is indeed frequently used for certain types of crimes (particularly financial crimes).
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#184Earlier quoted context omitted.
You’re right, but I’m wondering where my confusion comes from. I’m absolutely positive something required a much higher %. Maybe a different license or regs changed in the last decade or so?
I thought I remembered something like this— maybe it's a higher question count or lower time limit for e.g. commercial? The FAA testing matrix seems to suggest all are 70% as of now[0] [0] https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2022-09/testing_matr...
Getting strong Mandela Effect vibes now… can’t find anything other than 70%, now or a decade ago. But I’m virtually certain I didn’t make something like this up :)
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This is like Walter in the Big Lebowski bringing up Nam.
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#186> six months in federal prison ...
> “I Crashed My Airplane,” that contained a promotion of the wallet and depicted him parachuting from the plane
Goes to federal prison after promoting a wallet.
Six months for lying is not enough. There should be another suit files for and cleanup he should have to fix any damage done by this wreck, and then also repay back the cost of the investigation.
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#187Give such folks an option of a stint in the army or risky civil service like firefighting or wilderness rescue. They obviously have some skill and courage, teach them to channel it in socially constructive ways while compensating society for dealing with their stupidity.
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#188For me, the really interesting question is not if he's guilty - I had assumed as much - but if he will come out financially successful. That video had millions of views and a sponsorship deal. Call me a cynic, but it seems that some companies will deliberately break the law and pay the price if it's worth it, so why not independent hustlers.
For me, the really interesting question is not if he's guilty - I had assumed as much - but if he will come out financially successful. That video had millions of views and a sponsorship deal. Call me a cynic, but it seems that some companies will deliberately break the law and pay the price if it's worth it, so why not independent hustlers. given all the media attention and the general frivolity of the matter, that…
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
> the whole point of the cover-up is a recognition that a full revelation of the underlying bad act is not survivable There are numerous counter-examples to this claim. In many cases, it's obvious because the cover-up is of a civil infraction.
> There are numerous counter-examples to this claim. In many cases, it's obvious because the cover-up is of a civil infraction. Indeed, people go out of the frying pan and into the fire all the time. I think the kernel of truth in the parent post is that the subjects might genuinely believe that the revelation of the original "crime" alone would be impossible to recover from, so they might as well go all in on trying…
I probably watch too much popular media, but I am only thinking of bigger crimes where it seems like the rational choice is to attempt a coverup.
Murder? Check. Stealing a Snicker's bar? Probably just leave the evidence in place.
What is the threshold where you have to make the call? White-collar crimes feel the only place where you could make the argument that further action on the scene is likely to leave behind more evidence.
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#190> Jacob drove the wreckage to Lompoc City Airport and unloaded it in a hangar. He then cut up and destroyed the airplane wreckage and, over the course of a few days, deposited the detached parts of the wrecked airplane into trash bins at the airport and elsewhere, which was done with the intent to obstruct federal authorities from investigating the November 24 plane crash.
I mean, I would pay to watch this movie.