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If you robbed the bank of the same amount of cash you would be doing a long stretch of hard time I bet.

• swarnie_ 8y ago
  What kind of savage country gives a 16 year old "a long stretch of hard time" ?
  • C1sc0cat 8y ago
    If they went over the bank counter with a sawnoff shotgun - most of them. I was commenting on the lesser sentences for digital crimes - even if you discount use or firearms or weapons.
• gnode 8y ago
  This is an interesting point. The attacks probably did have a significant financial cost to the banks and their customers, but harm is not the only factor that goes into sentencing. Judges often recognise that young people are less deserving of punishment due to their natural inexperience and weaker ability to foresee consequences. To be rehabilitated, they may only need to grow up, and a severe punishment is unnecessary. Also the nature of intent and forethought are important, but are interpreted differently. Some jurisdictions tend to punish an easy crime like a DDoS less, because less planning and premeditation suggests a less guilty mind could commit the crime. Other jurisdictions punish more, because they want a greater deterrent.