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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

The guy stole a thousand dollar baseball card. 25 years? What do we give the white collar fraudsters that steal $100 million? 26 years?

FWIW, in the federal system if the defendant who commits a fraud is in a position of trust to the person he defrauded additional jail time is warranted, i.e., a stockbroker or even a postman. I think such a punishment bump makes sense.