that's a pretty extreme strawman of my position. Don't you think there's some spectrum between 25 years of prison time and no punishment? And if you don't, then how would you feel about flogging or hanging as I mentioned above? Does it seem odd to you for someone to feel sick about a public hanging in the town square, even if the person is guilty of the crime?
That isn’t the range at hand. SBF got something between what prosecutor and defender asked and much lower than theoretical max.
Max: 110y
Procecutor: 40-50y
Defender: 6.5y
Actual: 25yI think the kind of person who would see this sentence and think "eh, no big deal if that happens to me" would probably still not be fazed if he got a significantly longer sentence.