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by jihadjihad 962 days ago
They pleaded guilty to federal felonies. I wouldn't call it getting away with it so easy, even if after sentencing they don't face much serious prison time. The whole point of the trial, corroborated by the "kid" witnesses, was that SBF was calling the shots and thus 1) his crimes were far more serious and 2) the mountain of evidence made the prosecution's case so strong as to make the idea of a "sweetheart" deal for him moot.