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It would have been around 6 months if he would have taken the plea deal. If he didn't it still would not have been anything close to 38 years.
by res0nat0r 11y ago
It would have been around 6 months if he would have taken the plea deal. If he didn't it still would not have been anything close to 38 years.
- ddingus 11y agoIt was the felony and the limits on his future in politics that drove a lot of it. Some jail time wouldn't have been enough. I think he would have done that. Maybe while in there, bad things might have happened. But, it was obvious to me Schwartz understood code, people, how to organize and advocacy. He wanted to build a body of people and power and do some things. To him, a felony conviction undermines all of that, and he saw it as useless, himself useless.
- tedunangst 11y agoA felony conviction does not appear to have set Robert Morris too far back in life, or prevented him from changing the world.
- ddingus 11y agoYes. It is not the end of the world. And we can see that. Options, Like having it expunged exist too. That Aaron let it get into his head and could not or would not seek help, nor really understanding so many people would have his back is tragic.
- tptacek 11y agoConsidering the federal sentencing guidelines for the specific crimes he was charged with and the parameters of those offenses (non-remunerative, no prior convictions, limited damages) his own lawyer wrote that he believed that even had he been convicted, he would have landed in the sentencing levels where probation would have been allowed.