[cowsandmilk]

> charges carrying a cumulative maximum penalty of $1 million in fines plus 35 years in prison

Any lawyer knows that is stupid math. The DOJ has sentencing guidelines that never add up the years in prison for charges to be served consecutively. The media likes to do that to get big numbers, but it isn’t an honest representation of the charges.

I don’t think charges against Schwartz should have been filed, but I also can’t stand bad legal math.

[omnimus]

Sure but… he could technically get that or not? If somebody wanted to really punish him they could push it to what? 3 years? 5 years? 10 years?

Because some people really wanted to punish him.

I am just reacting to the downplaying that he would get 6 months in jail. Like he was some weak person for commiting suicide because of that.