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This is a fantastic read. The sentencing process has always been a black box in my mental model of the world, and this was enlightening.
by haswell 5y ago
This is a fantastic read. The sentencing process has always been a black box in my mental model of the world, and this was enlightening.
- tptacek 5y agoThe important thing to take away from it is that the DOJ deliberately misrepresents sentences in press releases, presumably for the deterrent factor. But you can just download the sentencing guidelines and follow the charts to get a likely range of actual months (it's interesting! I recommend it!) and they're virtually never anything like the DOJ's claim.
- andy_ppp 5y agoWhat are the sentences here likely to be?
- tptacek 5y agoI don't know, I didn't look. I read the indictment on PACER; it's probably on RECAP or whatever now. I could give you the offense statutes, I guess; you'd then have to look them up in the sentencing guidelines yourself. My point is, you should do that; the sentence range itself will be less illuminating than doing the work of seeing how it's reached. Later It's: 18:371.F CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT 18:1349.F ATTEMPT AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD 18:371.F CONSPIRACY TO TRANSPORT STOLEN PROPERTY INTERSTATE