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> The prosecutor said Tipton will serve no more than five years, if he behaves and makes parole. Well at least he didn't sell drugs. Slightly relevant story:
by mundo 9y ago
> The prosecutor said Tipton will serve no more than five years, if he behaves and makes parole.
Well at least he didn't sell drugs.
Slightly relevant story: A few years ago I was visiting China and my colleagues there were discussing a city official who had just been found guilty of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from the local government (which is more or less what this guy did). Me: "How much time did he get?" Them: "Three days." Me: "In prison?" Them: "To live."
- tptacek 9y agoThe median sentence for sale of narcotics (state charges, like the lotto fixer) is less than three years. In some jurisdictions the average drug sale sentence is less than a year.
- komali2 9y agoLast I checked they still did firing line executions in China occasionally.
- odiroot 9y agoThey just wanted to make an example out of him. Usually these frauds get sent to minimal security prisons or are under house arrests. But they're burned from doing business forever afterwards.