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>Investigators estimate that total damages caused by his attacks at over $5,000. If found guilty, Sharma faces up to ten years in prison, up to three years of s
by jaclaz 10y ago
>Investigators estimate that total damages caused by his attacks at over $5,000. If found guilty, Sharma faces up to ten years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and/or a fine.
Not to condone in any way the behaviour, but "up to ten years" in prison sounds to me a little bit harsh for the procured damage of US$ 5,000 or so, maybe it is a typo and the actual damages are much bigger?
- kayfox 10y agoNews reports the maximum possible sentence for a crime, whereas the crime would be sentenced under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, so 10 years max is often 1 year for a first time offender. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Federal_Sentencing_Guidelines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Federal_Sentenci... Edit: Also see https://popehat.com/2013/02/05/crime-whale-sushi-sentence-eleventy-million-years/ https://popehat.com/2013/02/05/crime-whale-sushi-sentence-el...