Just like many people are optimists in thinking criminals will get consequences, criminals are often optimists in thinking they won’t get consequences.
Both have cherry-picked their life experiences to support this view.
if you get caught. just saw a video on a couple who stole a Brinks armor car; disappeared into Europe with new identities; never caught until female turned herself in. Not everybody gets caught.
Is that same or different from the gang who robbed an armored car for about $100M worth of goods, and ICE stopped the prosecution and deported one of the robbers, before the stolen goods were recovered?
Both have cherry-picked their life experiences to support this view.