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Therefore, SBF was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
It felt like the judge was trying to find a balance between the defense’s recommended 6.5 year sentence (HA! Can you imagine that?) and the prosecution’s suggested 40 to 50 year sentence.
That said, it still feels a bit light considering:
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The judge didn’t seem to like Sam’s testimony. not at all.
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This wasn’t an “oops, I messed up” situation like the defense tried to make it seem – Sam willingly stole $8 billion from FTX customers.
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Madoff got 150 years to carry out his plan.
(But hey, it ends well as SBF does time for his crime).
We assume everyone here is happy too? Because this conviction exceeded your collective expectations: