Homeless man gets 15 years

ardinn

Just Saw this, sources seem to be alot of forums, but it is linked to the associated press, I will try find the link in a while but the picture Made me laugh.

tl:dr

A man gets 15yrs for stealing $100.00 - a business man get 3 yrs for $3,000,000,000.00 corperate fraud scheme

MrJoeSoap

What kind of a laugh was it?

bodun

At least he's not homeless anymore!

Absurdum

well he's no longer homeless

yay for justice!

Trader1991

ardinn wrote: »

Just Saw this, sources seem to be alot of forums, but it is linked to the associated press, I will try find the link in a while but the picture Made me laugh.

tl:dr

A man gets 15yrs for stealing $100.00 - a business man get 3 yrs for $3,000,000,000.00 corperate fraud scheme

thats a joke..

FatherLen

white collar criminals don't go to prison. this is not news.

mikemac

Build more prisons, solve homelessness and hunger

DrumSteve

He robbed a bank, therefore gets a sentence attributed to his crime.

Where's the problem?

ardinn

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

What kind of a laugh was it?

A ha ha one

7sr2z3fely84g5

That's american justice for you,broken in some parts.

callaway92

This story is as old as life itself. . .

Wetbench4

bodun wrote: »

At least he's not homeless anymore!

100 dollars for 15 years accommodation is a great deal

Mr. Presentable

I'm guessing the fraud didn't involve the threat of being shot as experienced by the teller in the bank.

RichieC

He turned himself in... show of actual remorse and only took 1 note that the teller gave him.. the guy is no criminal. but he is black...

btw this is from 2009.

J. Marston

Is it real? Sounds like the kind of thing that could be just made up.

3ndahalfof6

makes pure sense

Gandhi

Need much longer articles to make any judgement. The article about the homeless guy is very specific, and includes a picture, while the article about this businessman is vague.

1. What was the businessman's role? The article about his crime is very fuzzy and never actually says if he was the ringleader or some low level patsy, just mentions his "role" but never says what that "role" actually was. The homeless guy's article definitively says he was acting alone.

2. What was the actual crime in the businessman's article? It never says if any money was ever actually stolen, or how much. It says a "$3B Scheme" which could mean anything. The homeless guy's article gives an exact definition of the crime.

3. What were their respective criminal histories? The articles do not mention them, but realistically, a drug-addicted homeless guy looking for money for detox is far less likely to have a clean record than a mortgage company CEO.

4. There was far less likely to be a threat of violence in the Businessman's case. The homeless guy robbed the bank by threatening the teller's life. This is far more important than the amount of money involved.

3ndahalfof6

im guessing there is not to many people the homeless guy could take down with him

TheyKnowMyIP

Fake story.

Saila

homeless man get prision for 15 years

happy days for him so

UglyBolloxFace

ardinn wrote: »

Just Saw this, sources seem to be alot of forums, but it is linked to the associated press, I will try find the link in a while but the picture Made me laugh.

tl:dr

A man gets 15yrs for stealing $100.00 - a business man get 3 yrs for $3,000,000,000.00 corperate fraud scheme

I am in no way defending this, but none of you are aware of the context.

I saw this a few months ago on Reddit, and if my memory serves me correctly, the homeless guy had loads of prior convictions for theft, assault etc. So, basically the judge got pissed off and handed down the tough sentence in an attempt to sort him out.

And no, this does not excuse the fact that the scumbag businessman got off lightly, very lightly indeed, but I'm just saying that it is very important to be aware of the context.

melekalikimaka

this is ah, context is irrelevent, just waiting for someone to blame FF or the bankers for this

woodoo

ardinn wrote: »

Just Saw this, sources seem to be alot of forums, but it is linked to the associated press, I will try find the link in a while but the picture Made me laugh.

tl:dr

A man gets 15yrs for stealing $100.00 - a business man get 3 yrs for $3,000,000,000.00 corperate fraud scheme

At least he got 3 years, here he'd get a large pension and be on his way. And we'd all be asked to pay it back for him.

cosanostra

At least he'll now be able to get his post

Stiffler2

Behind every Great fortune, is a crime !

Mike 1972

DrumSteve wrote: »

He robbed a bank, therefore gets a sentence attributed to his crime.

Where's the problem?

But had the bank robbed him ......?

Guy:Incognito

Is the whole story "homeless man steals 100 and gets 15 years "? or is there a string of previous and a drug habit?

People also need to stop this **** of comparing everything to a banker, its ****ing tedious. His crime is his crime, what someone else did is irrelevant.

Mike 1972

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Is the whole story "homeless man steals 100 and gets 15 years "? or is there a string of previous and a drug habit?.

One could ask the same question of the banker

Guy:Incognito

Mike 1972 wrote: »

One could ask the same question of the banker

Whats the bankers relevance to the guy robbing the bank?

Either way, its fairly obvious whats being presented here, as others have said. If there was an unpaid parkign ticket in the bankers past it would have been worked in to further tilt the scales.

Mike 1972

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Whats the bankers relevance to the guy robbing the bank?

Guy robs bank > bank(er) robs guy(s) ?

Cuddlesworth

Is this not the three strike rule in effect? Mandatory jail term for third offence?

Laisurg

Trader1991 wrote: »

thats a joke..

The states in general are a joke when it comes to the law :pac: