How is this acceptable again?

SimilarImage · 4 months

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iliveinabunkbed · 4 months

This guy obviously asked for prison in order to get some food.

loliwearhats · 4 months

One case is federal, one case is Louisiana. They are separate court systems informed by separate laws written by separate legislatures.

Now if you can dredge up a case of robbery crossing state lines...

PLACENTA_IS_YUMMY · 4 months

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Osiris32 · 4 months

Oh god, the level of legal ignorance in this thread is staggering.

The CEO was charged with...OBSTRUCTION!! Yes, that's right, he didn't actually steal anything, he was simply involved in the cover-up, and was criminally neglegent in how he handled his company.

The homeless man was charged with...ROBBERY!! Yes, that's right, a crime of physical violence!! More than a tad different.

The amount of money involved is meaningless. People who holler about how this is a miscarriage of justice simply don't understand the concept of law and how it works. They make snap decisions based off headlines, and make vast assumptions based of the very limited amount of evidence that gets released to the public.

And before I get obliterated, because the hivemind hates being disagreed with, I ask that you actually read into those two stories. All the way through. Then read the actual text of the laws that apply. And if you still think this is a massive miscarriage of justice, hen I challenge you to write a system that works in a manner that treats everyone equally yet still follows your personal ideology, because you can have one or the other, not both.

akproplayer · 4 months

Welp, he has a place to stay now.

omg_my_ex_is_crazy · 4 months

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gliscameria · 4 months

Holy shit, it's 2011 again?!?! That's unacceptable, I already did that year!!!

anonymousHacker · 4 months

I agree reposts are NOT acceptable.

zoomzoomz · 4 months

Context

TOOBADBLACKSMITH · 4 months

This guy posts this exact same picture every now and then for karma

FussyCashew · 4 months

I just recently saw this, coulda sworn it was on reddit...

morgangangful · 4 months

The past 10 wtf pictures I have seen have all been reposts...

POINTING_OUT_REPOSTS · 4 months

THIS IS A REPOST

duchovny · 4 months

Downvoted for reposting your own submission from 2 months ago with the same title.

the_8th_henry · 4 months

IIRC, the CEO wasn't the main person behind the fraud. He was criminally negligent because he knew and didn't stop it. Plus, he helped the feds get evidence and build a case on the main people behind the fraud. That's why he got 3 years.

The homeless man was a repeat offender with many convictions to his name and was on parole at the time.

It's apples and oranges.

Beachj0602 · 4 months

To be honest, if i were homeless 15 years of free food and medical service would be something to be excited for.

GG Judge.

yellowoftops · 4 months

This is acceptable as a lawsuit because a jury of their peers handed down contextual sentences as referenced by other responses. The part that is unacceptable is posting half researched non-truths and wasting everyone's time while they are forced to do your legwork to fully understand issues.

There are serious issues in our country's legal sphere. Our great access to information means we owe due diligence to the people who read our written words to be considered proper internet citizens.

Yeahweget1t · 4 months

Because legally there is a difference between robbing and stealing. In most states robbery carries a mandatory -at least- 10 year sentence. Robbing is taking forcefully with a weapon or threatening someone, stealing is not. The more you know

wadad17 · 4 months

IDK, lemme go check what people said the first 12 times this was posted...

[deleted] · 4 months

Yeah, i hate when people post things in the wrong subreddit as well.

valjean260 · 4 months

I get that were not supposed to complain about reposts, but it's your OWN DAMN REPOST IN THE SAME SUB REDDIT WITH THE SAME TITLE!!

[deleted] · 4 months

you mean how is this repost acceptable? I don't know.

omplatt · 4 months

It's like Reddit transported back to September 2011.

arbitrary516 · 4 months

Because this is a repost from a few months back, I remember the top comment that answered this question. I believe it was: Because the crime committed by the homeless man was a violent crime.

[deleted] · 4 months

How is your repost acceptable??? good day sir.

Do_what93 · 4 months

How is this acceptable again?

This is probably the fifth time I've seen this on the front page. They were charged with two different crimes.

CoyoteStark · 4 months

Because this happened last year and all comments have been made.

[deleted] · 4 months

I saw this on reddit alre... Oh wait...

icewhisker · 4 months

What is acceptable? Old reposts?

ThePiggle · 4 months

This just makes me sad.

I just hate it when homeless people are treated awfully. A murderer gets less time than that. I hope he at least gets three square meals and a bed now.

mandudeguybro · 4 months

That is truly fucked

hopcrook · 4 months

There are a few variables here that lead to these inequalities. For one, Louisiana has the nation's largest for-profit corrections system. That's right. Louisiana has privatized their corrections systems and companies run these. For a profit. These companies receive kickbacks from the state and make money from civilian mistakes. These kickbacks are oftentimes passed onto lawmakers, judges, and even wardens.

Why give a man 15 years? Because that's 15 years of one bed being filled in your facility. It's like a hotel. The more prisoners you keep within your walls, the more money you have coming in.

rx_8 · 4 months

He's now living a better life in jail sadly

rayrios · 4 months

Repost!

[deleted] · 4 months

when the world is control by the rich and powerful elite that plot to kill those that are deemed not worthy to live simply because of there lack of weath

these things happen

LaBambas · 4 months

Crimes to person are given the highest priority because a well functioning society cannot operate unless people are secure in their own persons. For that reason, we are extremely punitive regarding crimes that harm or intimidate. You can argue that the CEO should receive more time, but there is no way that the bank robber should receive less time.

The bank teller had no way of knowing that his life was not in real, immediate danger. If a security guard or police had been alerted, the homeless man could easily have been killed or pulled into a hostage situation.

Moreover, imagine the situation if the sentence imposed enforces the lesson that robberies are alright as long as you take no more than you need. Banks would be robbed as a recourse of last resort by individuals far less desperate than the typical bank robber. Each robbery has a very high risk of going sideways and resulting in a lost life. Again, maybe the CEO deserved more time, but this man didn't deserve less.

bleeding_dying_love · 4 months

The homeless man though will now have a place to live where he can stay warm, be fed, and receive medical treatment. Because his sentence is what it is, he will not be treated harshly, but instead, will most likely work in the canteen (the kitchen). the only reason I am even aware of this is because my parents both worked in prisons and i had been there enough to visit that I know the workings of it. all in all this was most likely the best thing to do for the man rather than allowing him to go free and die on the streets.

holy_paladin_irl · 4 months

If you want to help out and alleviate the trouble that homeless people have to go through everyday just to survive, then I suggest you do at least one of the following:

volunteer at a soup kitchen. I did this a few times and honestly the experience was life changing.
if a homeless person asks you for money, offer to buy them some food instead. I was at Newark Penn Station and this guy asked me for a dollar. I asked him if he was hungry and he said yes, so I took him to Subway and got him a foot long chicken breast sub, and got him two more to take with him.
invest in affordable housing projects, or become a "sponsor" for homeless people. Yes, there are some people who are homeless because they're on drugs or whatever, but we as members of society should take care of each other. Help those who can't help themselves better themselves. Help them be proud of themselves when they are capable of providing for themselves.

I am shocked when people who make tons of money (Newark Penn Station and NY Penn Station is basically chock full of well-to-do people) but turn a blind eye to homeless people. If someone asks me for food, I don't fucking say no. If I have the money to spare, I gladly give it. If not (I don't really carry cash anymore, I have a single $20 bill for emergency) I kindly apologize. I offer to buy them food instead :)

There's no need to be a douche and tell them to fuck off.

We've all been at low points in life, and even if it wasn't so low that you had no home, I'm sure you depended on someone else to at least help you get one foot on the greener side, per se.

Finally, I make enough to be happy and provide for myself (to a certain extent; I'm still a college student) and spare some for good causes. Do I really need that brand new graphics card, or can I use that money to feed a bunch of people for a week or more?

Come on people, its not hard.

hamhead · 4 months

r/wtf is not for politics or posts with political implications (See sidebar).

tokeyoh · 4 months

people who post this article are fucking retarded. congratufuckinglations.

mattroch · 4 months

It's a repost, and there's not a date on the homeless mans article, plus the guy comitting fraud didn't commit a "violent" crime, while the homeless man did, even if he didn't have a real gun, it's still the same in the eyes of the law. Although it's very unfortunate, it is what is...

DigDub · 4 months

"There's two kinds of laws, honey. One for the rich and one for the poor" - In Cold Blood

Laeryken · 4 months

That's a good question. How do we possibly accept this being reposted yet again?! You even posted this already. Are you fucking kidding me? Don't ever post on reddit again.

Stopher · 4 months

It's not acceptable. It's just that when you steal a few billion you have a lot of spare money for lawyers. That guy that stole a hundred bucks just didn't go big enough.

BlueThundah · 4 months

The homeless man now has free meals and a place to sleep for the next 15 years.

:/

athenafire · 4 months

Did NO ONE else notice it was in Shreveport ...??

Am I the only one that watches true blood here?

Champhall · 4 months

i am completely against the unfairness of this, but maybe they wanted to give him shelter and food for the rest of his life.

HobKing · 4 months

It's not and no one thinks it is. The person who sentenced him either had a good reason we don't know about or is an idiot/insane.

hergumbules · 4 months

i am guessing the homeless guy was charged with armed robbery. which is a very harsh law because you are putting someone in danger. stealing from a company doesn't put a threat to anybody's life.

thepredestrian · 4 months

Is it because the homeless man is black?

Im_smarter_than_you · 4 months

It depends on whether the bottom guy used a gun in my opinion. No gun, it's outrageous. I have no tolerance for violent robberies though. It scars the teller for life.

midnightauto · 4 months

It's Louisisna, the Parish run prisons are private and need fresh new meat.

AnusPounder · 4 months

because one is actually a productive member of society

roblehman · 4 months

REPOST

xteve · 4 months

It's acceptable because it's multiply reposted. Go fuck off, please.

Frosticus · 4 months

Welcome to America where the laws are made up and the charges don't matter

WolfLarson · 4 months

Amerikuh! Fuck yeh!

[deleted] · 4 months

This is all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, unfortunately money gets you very far in life, more so than ethics. That's the way it is, but we need to change that!

[deleted] · 4 months

This is really fucked up. I want to become a judge just to make sure shit like this doesn't happen. Sadly there were no detox places available for him to get free care and become productive in society again. He probably had some mental problems or at least serious addiction problems to be homeless. We need to stop looking at addiction as a crime and help the addicts. If you don't agree with me I hope you're never effected in a way that makes you agree with me, it sucks to understand the whole drug addiction thing firs hand.

bob-leblaw · 4 months

After an hour on r/JusticePorn, this makes me even sadder. Sometimes the fat kid really does get beat up by the bully.

Zanco69 · 4 months

Thats just not right :P

LennyBruceLeeMarvin · 4 months

There's no justice. There's just us.

freakedoutbunny · 4 months

Someone get Alan Dershowitz on the case!

LazLoe · 4 months

Dude got 3 hots and a cot for 15 years, plus free healthcare. Seems a better deal than being homeless..

SerriaClover · 4 months

Think about it. He is a homeless man and prison offers food, shelter, and clothing. Yes, many people find it to be harsh, but if you didn't have a home...anythings better then nothing. He was basically sentenced to 15 years of a place to stay.

kevkevmacattack · 28 days

An old saying goes:

Those with a guilty conscious go to jail Those with no remorse are out on bail The poor are in prison The rich are in a 4 season A small crime is punished with time A large crime is forgiven with dimes People are stupid Potato

ThatPRGuy · 4 months

http://qkme.me/3pj60q

ToreroTrojan · 4 months

One of these cases involves actions which threaten the LIVES of human beings...the other is awful as well but merely affects the financial well being of others.

gman1401 · 4 months

How is this acceptable? Let me explain:

One was a violent crime committed by someone who likely has a previous criminal record, one was non violent, likely committed by someone who does not have a criminal background.

Other factors to consider are the fact that they took place in two different states that have different laws and statutes, whether or not the federal agents rather than state agents were involved, the way the defendant composed themselves in court, the particular judge, and the capabilities of the defense attorneys.

So it is acceptable and fair. There are more mitigating factors than then amount stolen. People need to learn this and get a grasp on how the Untied States court and judicial system works before making assumptions.

edit: gramerz

TChuff · 4 months

This again. Why is acceptable that we can just put up half the story. The guy had priors that caused the 15 year sentence.

skipperbob · 4 months

That's America baby!

subspacer · 4 months

Louisiana is the prison capital of the world...

Kindern · 4 months

The homeless guy had previous aswell, i remember this from about a year ago.

oh and theft and robbery aren't the same thing.

Scaurus · 4 months

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/roybrown.asp

elusiveinhouston · 4 months

And Paul Allen. I killed Paul Allen with an axe in the face, his body is dissolving in a bathtub in Hell's Kitchen.

SupermanRitz · 4 months

I don't want to live on this planet anymore

shard972 · 4 months

Just goes to show that if you want to commit a crime, go big or go home.

search144 · 4 months

This is sad,

fractal7 · 4 months

Well bank robbery is a federal crime, white collar fraud is just regular crime. He had a court appointed lawyer, the rich guy had the best law team possible. I like how the reporter claims that the 40 month sentence was just slightly less then the requested 72 month sentence.

bax101 · 4 months

There used to be a bum in my home town who every winter commited a petty crime so he could land himself in jail so he didn't have to sleep in the cold.

SoCo_cpp · 4 months

Sentencing guidelines, aren't they perfect justice!

[deleted] · 4 months

This shit is UN FUCKING ACCEPTABLE. I would go on a long rant about why, but every one here knows why and it wouldn't help the situation.

[deleted] · 4 months

Of course, reddit tries to rationalize this shit instead of accepting that the justice and economic systems here are super fucked up.

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