Homeless man gets 15 years for stealing $100, CEO gets 3 years for 3 billion mortgage fraud

[brocco]

Originally Posted by billydaman

The amount of money stolen is irrelevant. One guy committed a violent crime, i.e. armed robbery the other guy ripped some people off. I do agree the armed robber got too much time, if the story is accurate but I do believe in most jurisdictions armed robbery has minimum of 10-15 years so its sad but the reality is, if you need $100 dont commit an armed robbery, just go steal a tv from wal mart.

but you could steal that TV while armed.

[shadowne]

Originally Posted by billydaman

The amount of money stolen is irrelevant. One guy committed a violent crime, i.e. armed robbery the other guy ripped some people off. I do agree the armed robber got too much time, if the story is accurate but I do believe in most jurisdictions armed robbery has minimum of 10-15 years so its sad but the reality is, if you need $100 dont commit an armed robbery, just go steal a tv from wal mart.

This was a bs thread started years ago. The armed robbery was committed in 2007. The CEO article doesn't even come up any more. Likely different states, different laws, etc. OP pulled a random worst punishment to try to make his point.

[brownbagg]

i know people that does stuff like this, so they can go to prison, three meals a day, a/c, a bed. he mighted been looking for a vacation