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    oh, puke puke puke.

    Conrad Black has only been sentenced to 6½ years.

    He stole, literally, tens of millions of dollars from his shareholders; he and his wife (the loathsome Barbara Amiel) showed nothing but contempt over many years for the interests of the company he ran; people who remonstrated with them were dismissed, once investigated Black intemperately railed at and insulted the agencies who investigated him; during the trial he accused everybody and his dog of lying, deception, conspiracy to convict an innocent person, and insulted the jury that convicted him.

    However, the judge did not think that any of this merited any recognition, and instead of sentencing him to the maximum of 8 years, gave him the minimum of 6½.

    Jesus, I wonder what you have to do to get the maximum sentence?

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    Re: oh, puke puke puke.

    Perhaps he pled "exceptional hardship?"
    Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story

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    Re: oh, puke puke puke.

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    Jesus, I wonder what you have to do to get the maximum sentence?
    Perhaps you have to be too poor to afford any bribes?

    Or is that way too cynical of me?

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