[1-more]

Ransomware is also a better sort of arbitrage against the legal system. If you somehow got caught and prosecuted you didn't do a violent crime, so that has to probably help you somewhat. Of course you did do a federal crime so you have to serve 85% of your time no matter what.

[paulpauper]

Not at all. White collar criminals often serve longer than even violent criminals. Look at Bernie Maddof, Allen Stanford and others

[1-more]

I think we gotta take a step back and find something with some data; I offered pulled-from-my-ass conjecture and you countered with anecdotes. We gotta actually find a study or something of how much time people actually serve.

[paulpauper]

page 835.. relevant info https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article...

[whoaisme]

In your mind what does the word often mean?