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yellerpup

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2. Do not despair.

Reply to Fresh_Start (Reply #1)

Thu May 5, 2016, 05:48 AM

May 2016

The prosecutors in this NY office rack up impressive wins. I was on a jury for a company (3 guys) that stole $21million in about 14 months. The Easter NY lawyers went after them and wiped them out. One got 85 years, one got 30 years, and the last guy (their elderly front man who came to court dragging an oxygen tank every day) got 1-1/2 years + probation and lifetime banishment from the financial services industry.

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If they stole a TV jewelry and a computer from a home, they could get jail Fresh_Start May 2016 #1

Do not despair. yellerpup May 2016 #2

IMHO.. sendero May 2016 #3