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> The world gets zero benefit to imprisoning this woman indefinitely What sorts of people does the world benefit from imprisoning indefinitely, and where on th
by vkou 2y ago
> The world gets zero benefit to imprisoning this woman indefinitely
What sorts of people does the world benefit from imprisoning indefinitely, and where on the spectrum does, say, being a serial and unrepentant shoplifter, stealing mid-four figures sums compare to being a financial criminal stealing mid-eight-figure sums?
She wasn't a 'low level whistleblower', she was one step below the ringleader, and only came clean after the whole thing went tits up and she was staring down two decades in federal.
If you're looking for heroes and whistleblowers, I don't think there were any in that whole organization. Just rats turning on eachother once the trap snapped shut around them.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoI think a serial shoplifter or thief is worse. It is a bigger problem for me personally, and impacts far more people. Therefore I think it deserves harsher penalties.
- vkou 2y agoA thief will steal from a few stores. A fraudster of that magnitude steals from anywhere between thousands to millions of people.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoThere is the magnitude of an individual and the magnitude of the summer for each problem.