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I'd be willing to go at 25% up to 10 years. To be honest though, disbarment (particularly if that disbarment was reciprocal) and fine is a more just punishment
by Aloha 6y ago
I'd be willing to go at 25% up to 10 years.
To be honest though, disbarment (particularly if that disbarment was reciprocal) and fine is a more just punishment, because often the issues are so technical that a jury of non lawyers has trouble understanding the issues involved.
The last thing that I'd want to do is send someone to jail for up to 30 years for a good faith mistake, that's not justice either.
- arcticbull 6y agoGenerally these are crimes of intent so good faith mistakes are unlikely to yield a sentence.
- danielheath 6y agoWhen a jury is involved, all bets are off.
- okwubodu 6y agoIn that situation, a good faith mistake wouldn't be prosecuted in the first place. It's hard enough getting clear malpractice charged anyways.
- Aloha 6y agoI wouldn't bet on that, because it happens all the time now for various white collar crimes. I'd rather decriminalize more things than create new classes of crimes.