Lori Loughlin and husband sentenced in college bribery scandal
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Re: Lori Loughlin and husband sentenced in college bribery scandal
#2seems silly to send people to prison for this
Re: Lori Loughlin and husband sentenced in college bribery scandal
#3Remember when this was the biggest symbol of corruption in the US? I miss those times...
Re: Lori Loughlin and husband sentenced in college bribery scandal
#4Stiffer sentence than Felicity Huffman, who got 14 days (she served 11), 30k fine, 250 hours of community service.
Re: Lori Loughlin and husband sentenced in college bribery scandal
#5I have a very hard time getting even remotely upset about the college bribery scandal when it's both legal and encouraged for the truly rich to get their failsons 'legacy admissions' at selective colleges by donating multiple millions to the institutions.
The people who have been prosecuted as part of this scandal aren't being prosecuted for devaluing earned degrees at selective colleges; they're being prosecuted for finding a cheaper way to get their children into selective colleges than paying the ten million+ selective colleges charge a for legacy admission.
Re: Lori Loughlin and husband sentenced in college bribery scandal
#6seems silly to send people to prison for this
As a comparison, a homeless mother who deliberately enrolled her 5-year-old in the wrong school district was sentenced to 5 years in prison: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mom-went-prison-enrolling-he...
I would argue that the kind of bribery at the heart of this case is considerably worse, as it fosters a mentality that everything is for sale at the right price.
Re: Lori Loughlin and husband sentenced in college bribery scandal
#7Stiffer sentence than Felicity Huffman, who got 14 days (she served 11), 30k fine, 250 hours of community service.
Didn't Felicity plea bargain pretty quickly and accept her fate? Lori refused the initial plea bargain to which the prosecutors responded by adding more charges. Oops!
Re: Lori Loughlin and husband sentenced in college bribery scandal
#8seems silly to send people to prison for this
Eh. On the one hand, I agree. On the other hand, the wealthy have proved that unless prison is a possible punishment, they're willing and eager to repeatedly pay away their crimes.
Re: Lori Loughlin and husband sentenced in college bribery scandal
#9seems silly to send people to prison for this
As a comparison, a homeless mother who deliberately enrolled her 5-year-old in the wrong school district was sentenced to 5 years in prison: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mom-went-prison-enrolling-he... I would argue that the kind of bribery at the heart of this case is considerably worse, as it fosters a mentality that everything is for sale at the right price.
Everything _is_ for sale at the right price. So the only problem here is that they're being honest about it.
There are several precedents that come to mind though, prostitution is one.
Re: Lori Loughlin and husband sentenced in college bribery scandal
#10I have a very hard time getting even remotely upset about the college bribery scandal when it's both legal and encouraged for the truly rich to get their failsons 'legacy admissions' at selective colleges by donating multiple millions to the institutions. The people who have been prosecuted as part of this scandal aren't being prosecuted for devaluing earned degrees at selective colleges; they're being prosecuted for…
Technically, they are being prosecuted for paying off somebody who was not entitled to give their children preferential admissions treatment, while if you're donating to the university, they ARE entitled to give preferential treatment.
But I agree, on a moral level, that legacy admissions are an odious practice, and particularly so when tied to donations.