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Originally posted by Driven
The USA is so screwed up with its jail sentences, I mean you do 1 bad thing wrong and they will bend you over and rape you with a 10-20 year sentence.
Jail times are just too long for a lot of things in the USA.
If that was Australia you'd get 2-3 years max, a fitting punishment for the crime, but in America the sentence doesn't have to fit the crime they just fast track it to make it as bad as possible and send the people away for life.
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This boils down to the mind set of the USA being that government needs to keep people in line, instead of people knowing how to live their lives. Most people violate a whole stack of laws without even knowing it because of the massive restrictions placed upon most Americans.
Money laundering, structuring, etc. etc. are just another way to enact forfeiture laws.
Check out the Federal points system for sentencing for a wake up call on how the government works. If you have never had any friends or associates caught up in the system you will understand very quickly why you are doomed once 'The Man' starts racking up the points against you.