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I really don't get why people are obsessed with every aspect of this case, down to Holmes' daily routine in prison. She's gone to prison and will stay there for

I really don't get why people are obsessed with every aspect of this case, down to Holmes' daily routine in prison. She's gone to prison and will stay there for a long time, case closed. She's even lucky she ended up in a relatively good prison, not the hellholes called USPs that violent offenders go to.

Ancalagon 3y ago
Its because a billionaire went to prison. The justice system finally has teeth again.
- kuczmama 3y ago
  To be fair, she also stole money from other billionaires... so the system has teeth if you steal money from other rich people
- Anarch157a 3y ago
  Only because the victims in this case were billionaires too. Remember, she was convicted for defrauding investors, not because of the harm she done to poor patients.
  - voisin 3y ago
    Walgreens put her technology in their stores without doing any due diligence to confirm the accuracy of their tests and none of those executives are in jail for the harm done to poor patients either.
- onemoresoop 3y ago
  Yeah but if you look at the conditions of that prison you'll think twice about that. The fact that white collar crime gets a slap on the wrist incentivizes more white collar crime.
- boeingUH60 3y ago
  *Fake paper billionaire went to prison. All that thin air billions evaporated as soon as Theranos was exposed.
  - candiodari 3y ago
    And importantly: after cheating the US governments' most trusted individuals-turned-investors plus a couple other billionaires out of several hundred million dollars. I mean she just totally misunderstood the game: you cheat the poor in the US. Not the rich. Strange that such an intelligent woman missed that.
thenewwazoo 3y ago
My pet theory (and this will probably trigger a lot of people) is that it's because she's a woman. She did some particularly heinous stuff, but the US consciousness seems to have an appetite to see disgraced women in power suffer. Martha Stewart is another example that comes to mind.
- BigCryo 3y ago
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exolymph 3y ago
People are generally interested in what happens to celebrities / public figures.
tjpnz 3y ago
It's because people are sick and tired of the wealthy committing crimes and getting away with it either entirely, or receiving only a slap on the wrist.

Ancalagon 3y ago

Its because a billionaire went to prison. The justice system finally has teeth again.

kuczmama 3y ago
To be fair, she also stole money from other billionaires... so the system has teeth if you steal money from other rich people
Anarch157a 3y ago
Only because the victims in this case were billionaires too. Remember, she was convicted for defrauding investors, not because of the harm she done to poor patients.
- voisin 3y ago
  Walgreens put her technology in their stores without doing any due diligence to confirm the accuracy of their tests and none of those executives are in jail for the harm done to poor patients either.
onemoresoop 3y ago
Yeah but if you look at the conditions of that prison you'll think twice about that. The fact that white collar crime gets a slap on the wrist incentivizes more white collar crime.
boeingUH60 3y ago
*Fake paper billionaire went to prison. All that thin air billions evaporated as soon as Theranos was exposed.
- candiodari 3y ago
  And importantly: after cheating the US governments' most trusted individuals-turned-investors plus a couple other billionaires out of several hundred million dollars. I mean she just totally misunderstood the game: you cheat the poor in the US. Not the rich. Strange that such an intelligent woman missed that.

thenewwazoo 3y ago

My pet theory (and this will probably trigger a lot of people) is that it's because she's a woman. She did some particularly heinous stuff, but the US consciousness seems to have an appetite to see disgraced women in power suffer. Martha Stewart is another example that comes to mind.

BigCryo 3y ago
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exolymph 3y ago

People are generally interested in what happens to celebrities / public figures.

tjpnz 3y ago

It's because people are sick and tired of the wealthy committing crimes and getting away with it either entirely, or receiving only a slap on the wrist.