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BobTheSubgenius

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5. Did everyone noticed that, by providing proof that one of the numbers he used actually "belonged"...
Sun Jan 31, 2021, 08:20 PM
Jan 2021

...to him, his fine was reduced from $12-something million to its current $9.9 million. What a break!

It reminds me of a story I heard about years and years ago. A convicted murderer appealed his 900 year sentence, and the appeals court ruled that it was, in fact, excessive. The court magnanimously reduced his sentence to 700 years.

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