Originally Posted by DarkJedi

24 years for a white collar financial crime is fucking retarded.

We lock up murderers and rapists and the like because they're not safe to have around. But what the fuck is a white collar criminal going to do to me? Trick me into investing in his new start-up? If there was any real justice, his punishment would be to pay back the people he fucked over. But no, instead we have to pay for his imprisonment.