▲ 112 ▼ Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/news@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Jail time is for the poors permalink fedilink source parent [–] RooPappy@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* "if"... "could" Oh no! That means it's... probably going to happen, right? Everyone get ready for exactly that to go down! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Jail time is for the poors permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RooPappy@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* "if"... "could" Oh no! That means it's... probably going to happen, right? Everyone get ready for exactly that to go down! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -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? permalink fedilink source parent