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And where does ransomware fall on that trauma scale? The maximum sentence is less than mugging after all..

• JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
  > does ransomware fall on that trauma scale? Idk. That’s a step (sentencing guidelines) after we decide it should be criminalized. > The maximum sentence is less than mugging after all.. They’re in the same ballpark, 2 to 6 years or so.
  • nathanmills 5mo ago
    > That’s a step (sentencing guidelines) after we decide it should be criminalized. You decide it should be criminalized before you identify any harms? > They’re in the same ballpark, 2 to 6 years or so. You can just look it up. Maximum sentence for mugging is 30 years, ransomware is 20.
    • JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
      > You decide it should be criminalized before you identify any harms? No. We have a measure of the harms. We haven’t balanced them for sentencing. Again, deciding something should be illegal doesn’t require obsessing over the sentence ex ante. > Maximum sentence for mugging is 30 years Not the norm, either for maximums [1] or usual sentences. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbery_laws_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbery_laws_in_the_United_Sta...