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The math for that seems to line up w/ your math above though? 43 is accurately "life", and 7 + 30 + 6 for base + dollars + victims seems right. I share your ex
by akerl_ 3y ago
The math for that seems to line up w/ your math above though? 43 is accurately "life", and 7 + 30 + 6 for base + dollars + victims seems right.
I share your expectation that it'll turn out there's a statutory maximum somewhere, but the math seems the check out.
- tptacek 3y agoYeah! It just didn't seem at the time like it was true, like maybe they linearly projected out the dollars or something. But no, from the guidelines doc, it looks very grim indeed for SBF.
- akerl_ 3y agoIt also makes the time gap between now and sentencing feel a bit performative. It doesn't make a ton of difference either way since he's managed to land himself in custody with the witness tampering antics, but it does mean that there's not much point in his lawyers quibbling over things like "how does the bankruptcy fit in" and "does blowing up your own company count as destroying a financial insitution, or is that intended for when you topple the victim of your crime", because even if we nix both those modifiers it just shifts him from "life plus cancer" to "life".
- idlewords 3y agoIt's grim unless he can nudge the offense level up over 65,535