When someone commits a white-collar crime i feel like treatment, when compared to those who committ violent or street crimes, face less punishment and fees. These are the people who have the capacity to pay to get themselves back into shape after facing their sentence and have less troubles when dealing with defending themselves in court. They have higher means. Nothing against having money to defend yourself, but when you commit a crime, no matter what social class you are, how much money you make, what your name symbolizes, everyone should be treated equally.
Today former Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne was sentenced to a year and a day. He pled guilty in September on one count of mail fraud and three counts of income tax evasion. Jenne accepted over $150,000 in improper payments from contractors and payments on a Mercedes from his former law firm.
Not only was he found guilty under these charges but he fined $3,000 plus $40 special assesment.
When serving over a year, the sentence may be reduced by up to 15 percent. So at the end, Jenne may only serve a total of 55 days. Isn't interesting how they sentenced him to a year and a day. Why couldn't they have sentenced him to 364 days?
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