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TruckFump

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18. I am thinking they are looking at 10 years each.

Reply to Rebl2 (Reply #6)

Fri Sep 13, 2019, 09:32 PM

Sep 2019

Not sure why I get this feeling, but IMO they are not going to be short timers.

Their attitudes are just so wrong...like they are special and the rules do not apply. Made themselves huge targets.

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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