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TruckFump

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3. I totally agree.

Reply to onetexan (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 13, 2019, 04:04 PM

Sep 2019

Huffman did everything right to get probation and community service. IMO, this was done to send a message to others who were involved. Huffman was a lightweight in all of this.

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Felicity Huffman gets 14 days in prison in college cheating scandal [View all] brooklynite Sep 2019 OP

IMO, harsh sentence TruckFump Sep 2019 #1

yes she is quite remorseful and doesn't deserve to be made an example of. Snotty Loughlin OTOH onetexan Sep 2019 #2

I totally agree. TruckFump Sep 2019 #3

An appeal would kind of make her apology insincere? julie_truly189 Sep 2019 #5

yes she was willing to accept whatever sentencing she got, but it is rather harsh given she has onetexan Sep 2019 #13

there's a minimun women's federal prison in Fort Worth imavoter Sep 2019 #23

They send you to the closest prison to your hometown jmowreader Sep 2019 #36

Not only Loughlin Rebl2 Sep 2019 #6

I expect they will be whistling a different tune tomorrow. BigmanPigman Sep 2019 #14

I am thinking they are looking at 10 years each. TruckFump Sep 2019 #18

One hopes Sherman A1 Sep 2019 #27

From what I have read and heard TruckFump Sep 2019 #35

I think that's a little light, but Sherman A1 Sep 2019 #39

I don't think 14 days is a harsh sentence DrToast Sep 2019 #17

Agreed Sherman A1 Sep 2019 #25

So Huffman got 14 days for paying $15K to the college admissions folks... FM123 Sep 2019 #4

More like $1k/day. Igel Sep 2019 #9

Oops, typo! FM123 Sep 2019 #15

How many days in jail did the "college admission folks" get? Mosby Sep 2019 #12

I've heard 6 months for Aunt Becky DrToast Sep 2019 #16

If I read the charge right flotsam Sep 2019 #7

Yeah Boo @#$ing who SallyHemmings Sep 2019 #31

Little harm done, says the judge...what about the kid on the list that didn't get in Raven Sep 2019 #8

No individual was harmed. Igel Sep 2019 #10

So you're telling me that nobody didn't get into that school Raven Sep 2019 #11

Rather a Slap on the Wrist McKim Sep 2019 #19

These are just the ''elite'' parents that got caught. YOHABLO Sep 2019 #20

Precisely Sherman A1 Sep 2019 #26

How many days did George HW Bush get in jail for getting W into Yale? Polybius Sep 2019 #21

GWB was a legacy admission jmowreader Sep 2019 #22

How about Trump "getting into" the University of Penn after he allegedly flunked out of ..... Botany Sep 2019 #28

So the public is supposed to feel real good because Raine Sep 2019 #24

I wish she'd been given zero days in jail, but a much bigger fine. Captain Stern Sep 2019 #29

"Pour encourager les autres" flotsam Sep 2019 #32

I agree, 2M + a national TV apology! Brainfodder Sep 2019 #38

I think this is fine and an important signal to the other, far worse offenders. Chemisse Sep 2019 #30

I'm not concerned about her short sentence as i am about long sentences for much less. Kurt V. Sep 2019 #33

Sounds about white. bearsfootball516 Sep 2019 #34

How many university employees are going to jail? Mosby Sep 2019 #37