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Yes 11 years is a long time to be imprisoned however I think it was in the low end of what she could have gotten which is why people say she didn't get a long s

• mikeyouse 4y ago
  It wasn’t at the low end whatsoever, it was perfectly in line with the sentencing guidelines for the charges she was accused and convicted of. Federal sentencing is actually really easy to predict. You can almost always ignore the proclamations of “could be 130 years” since those are often only for serious repeat offenders and tons of sentencing enhancements. Skip down to the process part of this post: https://prisonprofessors.com/calculating-holmes-prison-sentence-part-1/ https://prisonprofessors.com/calculating-holmes-prison-sente... Once we know what SBF is going to be charged with, we’ll know what his eventual sentencing range will be if he’s convicted. For all of the conspiracy theorizing and dramatics, it boils down to a very boring sentencing chart.
• jahewson 4y ago
  No it wasn’t. It was basically right in the middle. The prosecutors, who typically ask for something a wide margin higher than realistic asked for 15. Remember this is a federal sentence, so no parole.