I would encourage folks to consider the possibility that this was a negotiated light sentence.
SOP for taking on what is clearly a criminal organization (not just a collection of individual thieves) would be to start at the bottom of the organization and engage in the usual:
Arrest-->Prosecute-->Interrogate for information on the layer above them with a lighter sentence being the reward for squealing on their superior in the pyramid.
The FBI and DOJ were investigating MN fraud long before Nick Shirley released his video and there have been dozens of prosecutions and convictions.
Now, this very well may be exactly what it looks like: A sympathetic judge refusing to do justice. But I'm always a little hesitant to go into outrage mode when I see some of these light sentences because if I were the DOJ, that's what I'd be doing as well for the little piggies that squeal.
I dont think its that. The judge said of the light sentence "I dont think ill see her back in court for another crime" which clearly implies she gave the light sentence due to her liberal "empathy"
I would encourage folks to consider the possibility that this was a negotiated light sentence.
SOP for taking on what is clearly a criminal organization (not just a collection of individual thieves) would be to start at the bottom of the organization and engage in the usual:
Arrest-->Prosecute-->Interrogate for information on the layer above them with a lighter sentence being the reward for squealing on their superior in the pyramid.
The FBI and DOJ were investigating MN fraud long before Nick Shirley released his video and there have been dozens of prosecutions and convictions.
Now, this very well may be exactly what it looks like: A sympathetic judge refusing to do justice. But I'm always a little hesitant to go into outrage mode when I see some of these light sentences because if I were the DOJ, that's what I'd be doing as well for the little piggies that squeal.
Could be. You might be right.
I dont think its that. The judge said of the light sentence "I dont think ill see her back in court for another crime" which clearly implies she gave the light sentence due to her liberal "empathy"
Very well could be. I definitely can't say for certain.