https://fortune.com/europe/2024/03/22/87-year-old-billionaire-joe-lewis-says-hes-too-old-for-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-insider-trading/

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    8 months ago

    He's on trial in the US. I know I shouldn't be surprised at any of this but for the love of fuck...

    Under his plea agreement, prosecutors agreed not to oppose a sentence lower than the range suggested under federal sentencing guidelines of 18 to 24 months in prison.

    And he wants the judge to send him to a country club prison.

    His lawyers offered another reason to keep him out of prison: As a foreign national, Lewis would not be eligible to serve time in a prison camp with a dormitory setting, but instead would be sent to a higher-security facility with “a more dangerous inmate population.”

    In a fair and just universe when rich guys get found guilty and they start whining - the judge should speak (or sing) the lyrics to the theme of the tv show Baretta to them.