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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I'm guessing the prosecutor gets something like the 45-50 they were asking for. Madoff got 150 years, though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

(excuse the ignorance, haven't been following this close enough on account of spoons)

40-50y req from prosecutor, wat - what's the story there? were they unsure they could secure more if they asked for[0]? is there some kind of fuckery around max sentencing because of charge class?

[0] as in: since sbf was declared guilty, the sentencing is going to happen regardless, but the value of assigned years is variable, and the assigned value could be below prosecutor request for $legalsystem reasons?[1] [1] I am not a US legal system enjoyer, so I don't have comprehensive knowledge on the minutae of that demented clusterfuck operates

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

@froztbyte @techtakes

That's a question for PopeHat, wherever he hangs his hat these days. He's a former Federal prosecutor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

for a purely legal reference opinion, probably

but I'm more wondering about the human/social side of the nitty-gritty of the proceedings (on which, by my estimation, our ~esteemed~ notorious @dgerard is far more contextually informed on)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

you know, that esteemed was meant to be strikethrough

lemmy formatting strikes again

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

kenwhite.bsky.social is popehat for people who are missing his takes on the rico.