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Just from pop culture, I can come up with a counterexample: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/reality-show-cast-member-jennifer-shah-sentenced-78-months-pris
by jkaptur 4y ago
Just from pop culture, I can come up with a counterexample: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/reality-show-cast-member-jennifer-shah-sentenced-78-months-prison-running-nationwide https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/reality-show-cast-membe...
I'm not saying you're wrong in the aggregate, but can't you make a better argument? How can noting two people who went to jail for one reason be "all the proof you need"?
- superkuh 4y agoThe context here is the rich and powerful. A reality show actor is not in that group and doesn't have those priveledges. Prosecuting someone like that does not make the powerful uncomfortable by setting a precedent so it's done all the time. But the only time one of their in-group is sent to prison is when it hurts other rich and powerful.
- from 4y agoThere are investment fraud prosecutions literally all the time, they just get 5-10 years in prison usually, not life. They aren't on national news because few people know the scammer or the victims. Here are a handful from this year alone: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67034239/1/united-states-v-zhu/ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67034239/1/united-state... https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66964256/1/united-states-v-sealed/ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66964256/1/united-state... https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66760869/1/united-states-v-white/ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66760869/1/united-state... https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65767429/17/united-states-v-charlebois/ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65767429/17/united-stat...
- Aperocky 4y agoPlaster this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-value https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-value