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> Finally, two years in prison is not a picnic. See if you want to do it. Seriously. I'm shocked how cavalier people are about the lengths of prison sentences.

> Finally, two years in prison is not a picnic. See if you want to do it. Seriously. I'm shocked how cavalier people are about the lengths of prison sentences. Two years in prison is a LOOONNNNGG time. I was once detained for an hour in a small room at a border. Being deprived of my freedom, my phone, and any comfort, was fairly devastating.

sneak 2y ago
Two years is very short in the US for serious crimes. The US has more people in prison per capita than any other developed country by a wide, wide, wide margin, largely in part because of the judicial system's willingness to hand down sentences for relatively minor crimes that would be seen as insane in most other countries. For what she was charged with, two years is probably the bare minimum that was available at sentencing given the constraint of "must serve jail time". Meanwhile in Germany, the sentence range for human trafficking is 6 months to a max of 5 years. Stealing a child is also max 5 years (if you're not intending to sell it). The contrast is pretty stark.
- beaglesss 2y ago
  Basically every free person in the US can get a 26,000 lb truck or a semi auto rifle in under an hour. Germany has taken the other approach and implemented policies to make their country closer to a prison with all kind of harsher regulations, then reducing prison time. There are merits to be found in either approach.
  - s1artibartfast 2y ago
    genuinely interesting thought. I haven't decided if it carries any water, but interesting. Why would harsher penalties be required in a place where individuals have more capability to do harm? That seems to place a lot of faith in a linear efficacy of deterrence
    - eurleif 2y ago
      Incapacitation.
magic_man 2y ago
After she comes out she can write a book maybe sell movie right etc and she will be ok. Look at Anna Delvey or Jordan Belfort. Maybe she hid some crypto.

sneak 2y ago

Two years is very short in the US for serious crimes. The US has more people in prison per capita than any other developed country by a wide, wide, wide margin, largely in part because of the judicial system's willingness to hand down sentences for relatively minor crimes that would be seen as insane in most other countries. For what she was charged with, two years is probably the bare minimum that was available at sentencing given the constraint of "must serve jail time". Meanwhile in Germany, the sentence range for human trafficking is 6 months to a max of 5 years. Stealing a child is also max 5 years (if you're not intending to sell it). The contrast is pretty stark.

beaglesss 2y ago
Basically every free person in the US can get a 26,000 lb truck or a semi auto rifle in under an hour. Germany has taken the other approach and implemented policies to make their country closer to a prison with all kind of harsher regulations, then reducing prison time. There are merits to be found in either approach.
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  genuinely interesting thought. I haven't decided if it carries any water, but interesting. Why would harsher penalties be required in a place where individuals have more capability to do harm? That seems to place a lot of faith in a linear efficacy of deterrence
  - eurleif 2y ago
    Incapacitation.

magic_man 2y ago

After she comes out she can write a book maybe sell movie right etc and she will be ok. Look at Anna Delvey or Jordan Belfort. Maybe she hid some crypto.