> A reasonable estimate based on sentencing guidelines isn't super hard for a lawyer to work out I'm not sure what priors the lawyer would use to guess the exp

> A reasonable estimate based on sentencing guidelines isn't super hard for a lawyer to work out I'm not sure what priors the lawyer would use to guess the expected penalty for something as unprecedented as "Crashed a plane on purpose for YouTube likes." Perhaps the maximum sentence is preferable for the news outlet because it's a number that's definitely not wrong?