> I wonder if that's precisely the sentiment that has been part of the reason the USA has become the country with the highest % of incarcerated people. No. We

> I wonder if that's precisely the sentiment that has been part of the reason the USA has become the country with the highest % of incarcerated people. No. We don't have hundreds of thousands of billion-size crypto fraudsters. We do have a lot of drug users and small-time drug dealers that are in prison for drug offenses, for example. Or a lot of mentally ill people who are in prison... well, because there's no other place to put them in, really. I am not here to argue about if US should incarcerate more or less, but certainly having a billion-dollar crypto fraudster sit in prison more than 2 years would hardly make a change in that situation. It's an exceptional crime, and people expect exceptional punishment for it. Either way, it won't make difference for hundreds of thousands of people in jail for unexceptional offenses.