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by ID1452319 1310 days ago
She needs to go to prison for a long time (at least 10 years) for one simple reason, to act as a deterrent to anyone else who thinks you can create a company and then lie about your products capabilities in order to defraud investors and customers.

It isn't just a case that people lost money in Theranos and that their customer's customer's health may have been adversely impacted, it drives right at the heart of capitalism. Yes, we all know it isn't a level playing field, but when a company is committing fraud then it impacts other companies who may have been actually trying to develop a legitimate blood testing product and undermines the public's confidence in such companies.