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Set Your Watches: Elizabeth Holmes Is Leaving Prison in December 2028 (sanfranciscodownload.com)

submitted 1 week ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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A federal judge just shaved a year off Elizabeth Holmes's sentence. With good-time credits factored in, the woman who defrauded investors of $450 million could walk into a halfway house by Christmas 2028.

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[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

That means Holmes will spend approximately 66 months in actual federal prison. Out of a 123 month sentence.

Sixty-six out of one hundred and twenty-three. Roughly 54 percent.

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago

She will be immediately handed a golden jetpack from the typical Silicon Valley scammers.

[–] RotatingParts@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

If you have enough money and connections, you play by a different set or rules and are treated by a different set of laws.