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It's how they make an intimidating threat to push for cooperation and look maximally generous when the sentence is reduced. Makes perfect sense.
by crystaln 4y ago
It's how they make an intimidating threat to push for cooperation and look maximally generous when the sentence is reduced. Makes perfect sense.
- rosnd 4y agoThat doesn't make any sense, everyone on the receiving end of these threats has a lawyer. Even the shittiest public defender will translate this for you. These numbers exist solely for the audiences at home.
- SturgeonsLaw 4y agoSame with the "street value" they cite in drug busts. Sure, that guy with 100kg of coke is going to be selling it in little 1g baggies.
- rosnd 4y agoWell, that's a lie which at times has real impact on trial outcomes. I wouldn't really put it in the same category.
- nradov 4y agoSentences for federal drug crimes are based on substance weight, not value.
- rosnd 4y agoYes, but federal drug crimes are not the only kind of drug crimes.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> Sentences for federal drug crimes are based on substance weight, not value. Depends on which federal drug crimes. The drug kingpin law is based on $, not weight.
- l33tman 4y agoGetting OT here but at least the end-user cost in that case is some kind of "normalized impact on society" if you're looking for a number to compare different busts with.