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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

With tax crimes you rarely see anyone have more than a fine, especially when they have already paid what they owe. More than likely he will be charged with a misdemeanor, be fined $25,000, and released.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    If convicted, Hunter Biden could face up to 17 years in prison. The special counsel probe remains open, Weiss said.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    That is extremely unlikely to actually occur. For that figure he would have to be convicted of every count, given the maximum sentence for every count, and sentenced to serve it consecutively.

    Consecutive sentencing is pretty much guaranteed not to happen. So you can immediately reduce the high end to whatever the most serious count is. Then since it's federal, the judge will have sentencing guidelines that will add up a whole bunch of aggravating and mitigating factors to arrive at the final sentence.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago

    That is extremely unlikely to actually occur

    As is just paying a small fine..

    I thought I wouldn't need to explain that to be people, but man, I've just really been overestimating Lemmy lately

    Did we federate with some new instance where you all just see single comments in a vacuum with zero context?

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