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Don't steal $5,000 from the liqor store, that will get you arrested at gunpoint and you'll spend many years in prison. Instead steal $50,000,000 and you'll prob
by 6nf 6y ago
Don't steal $5,000 from the liqor store, that will get you arrested at gunpoint and you'll spend many years in prison. Instead steal $50,000,000 and you'll probably still be rich once you pay the fines and complete the community service or home arrest.
- ineedasername 6y agoDepending on the circumstances and state, unarmed robbery could earn you less jail time than Levandowski. Armed robber on the other hand may carry a minimum 5 year sentence. This seems just fine to me. The amount of money between the $5k liquor store and Levandowski's theft is almost irrelevant: the armed robbery comes with significant risk of violent loss of life, which rightfully weighs much heavier in the criminal justice system than some other crimes. Now if you want to talk about ridiculous sentencing minimums for non-violent crimes like possession of small amounts of illegal drugs, I'm all ears.
- thewhitetulip 6y agoBut that's the case with all white collar crime right? they all get very less sentences. from the outside, it looks like the system is rigged to favour the rich white collar folks or maybe your point is also valid, as in, there is no threat to life and that's their criteria of measurement. But it is a fact that rich people get treated better in the Prison system
- smabie 6y agoIf it's your first offense and don't have a weapon and don't hurt anyone, stealing from a liquor store won't get you very much time at all.
- walrus01 6y agoYes but if it's your first offense in the world of multimillion dollar white collar crime you'll probably get an ankle monitor and house arrest. Or six months... I've seen a number of people banned for life from securities trading in British Columbia, for frauds exceeding 10 million, and they received basically no prison sentence at all.
- Thorrez 6y agoCanada (and most of the world) has much lower prison sentences than the US. > To give an example, the average burglary sentence in the United States is 16 months, compared to 5 months in Canada and 7 months in England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_United_States_incarceration_rate_with_other_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_United_States_in...
- Thorrez 6y agoHe's going to get 18 months in prison, and he's bankrupt. I don't know why you say he's only getting home arrest and will still be rich.