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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think she should get jail time. I don't see the point of that. Financial restitution and community service. [/quote]

The point is deterrence. This is a high publicity case. What is the message if she does not get any jail time?[/quote]

I think the high publicity aspect always is problematic for justice. I don't think she should receive a harsher sentence because she is famous or has publicity. she should get a similar sentence as someone else with her wealth / attorney skills who committed a fraud type crime in the $15000 range for personal gain (eg. victimless - in that she didn't steal from someone). I am never a fan of using the justice system as a means to make an example of people.

Deterrence is really not effective. The next person will do it differently / think they won't get caught. There were many non celebrities in this group - we hear nothing about them. Most regular folks who aren't celebrities won't take anything from this. Celebrities will continue to find ways to buy their way around a system - they will just pay more to have someone do it better.[/quote]

It’s not a victimless crime though. Through fraud, she stole a spot for her child that should have gone to someone else.[/quote]

You mean somebody that paid money to the school instead of a testing facility. [/quote]

A) She didn't pay a testing facility. She paid a 20-something man to fradaulent swap out test scores for a daughter who otherwise wouldn't have qualified.

B) I think the PP means someone whose kid studied for the SATs and scored a sufficiently high enough test score on their own merits to gain admittance.

What's the point of having kids in college who can't study for themselves and are too stupid to go? [/quote]

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