Tyco's Kozlowski faces time in Max. security state prison (hell hole at Attica?)

[wilburbear]

http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/21/news/newsmakers/prisons_state/index.htm?cnn=yes

See link. Prosecutors are getting really tough on financial criminals.

 

[market_hacker]

Quote from wilburbear:

http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/21/news/newsmakers/prisons_state/index.htm?cnn=yes

See link. Prosecutors are getting really tough on financial criminals.

Tough? 15 years for $600M?

Tell that to one of the "three strikes" victims...this guy stole three children's videos and he'll be eligible for parole at the age of 87. (he's 44 now)

California's three-strikes law says that if someone commits a third felony after committing two prior similar felonies, then the sentence is a mandatory 25 years to life.

In such a case, Leandro Andrade was given not one but two sentences of 25 years-to-life for stealing nine children's videotapes, including "Snow White," "Cinderella" and "Free Willie 2."

The tapes were worth $153.54, and lawyers for the state of California argue that the penalty is both correct and constitutional. But the other side argues that Andrade's punishment is cruel and unusual.

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this world ain't right i tell ya...

 

[dgabriel]

The only thing that will make these guys prison terms any easier is a big jar of Vaseline.

 

[iceman1]

Quote from market_hacker:

Tough? 15 years for $600M?

Tell that to one of the "three strikes" victims...this guy stole three children's videos and he'll be eligible for parole at the age of 87. (he's 44 now)




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this world ain't right i tell ya...

yep... this country is one big hypocritical immoral mess...

this a-hole ought to be locked up for 20 years... in the same cell as the Enron crooks!

 

[IGolf]

Going from your own jet to being some dudes bitch is going to be a tough transition.......ewwwww

 

[trend_guy]

he should run while he still has the chance because his fate is sealed if he stays in the US

 

[toc]

That's how America blows up its taxpayers money. For 43 years at the cost of 30K per year, it all boils down to 1.29 Million dollars, not including the compounding rate of interest the cost will grow at. What if this man was made to do community service like cleaning roads or picking garbage etc. for no wages for six months..............would have cut down on government spending by a value 100 times that of $153 worth of videos.