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[blackhole99]

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@kitcat51 wrote:

Does any working class person think they would've received that sentence if they did what she did? She deserved a year in prison & a huge fine...14 days & $30,000 is ridiculous. 

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I agree, but any working class person could not afford to do or have the connections she has to do such a thing.

[mspatmac]

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@Daisy Sunflower wrote:

I bet Lori and her husband are thinking that FH is out already and it's all over with (besides her community service) and are wishing they had done the same thing -- even if they had to do a little more time.

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I bet she does.  Felicity did a really dumb thing but the others actually bribed SC administraters, posted fake pictures of their kids playing sports to get them athletic schlorships and spent thousands.  They impacted other students and then had the nerve to fight the charges.  Filicity admitted guilt right away and accepted the courts punishment.  Her daughter hadn't applied to schools yet.  I believe Lori's daughters were accepted at USC. 

[RainCityWoman]

Good behavior?????  She wasn't in there long enough to misbehave.  LOL.

[suzyQ3]

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@RainCityWoman wrote:

Good behavior?????  She wasn't in there long enough to misbehave.  LOL.

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@RainCityWoman, she was apparently released early due to the prison's schedule.From the OP:"She was released from the federal facility in Northern Cal early Friday morning. The scheduled release date was Sunday, but apparently there's a policy that inmates whose release date falls on a weekend get sprung the Friday before."

[shoekitty]

Felicity Hoffman will never want to eat boloney  or tuna fish again.  Sandwiches, a bag of chips, and piece of fruit.  On weekends you could get sandwiches for lunch and dinner.  What a treat.  If you are vegan you could get peanut butter..  you could get peanut butter if you are not vegan, lol.  Oh, the wonderful meals.  However, Dublin is not as big as a county jail, so they might have peanut butter and jelly. They give you one slice white bread, one slice wheat bread.

[shoekitty]

Sadly, that's the way the sytem works.  If you are poor, come from a bad zip code,  under educated, and a person of color you WILL do hard time, and the longest sentence available.  If you have mental issues chances of you getting more time for bad behavior is a certainty!  For arguing, not staying line, questioning authority.

[RainCityWoman]

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@suzyQ3 wrote:

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@RainCityWoman wrote:

Good behavior?????  She wasn't in there long enough to misbehave.  LOL.

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@RainCityWoman, she was apparently released early due to the prison's schedule.From the OP:"She was released from the federal facility in Northern Cal early Friday morning. The scheduled release date was Sunday, but apparently there's a policy that inmates whose release date falls on a weekend get sprung the Friday before."

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I was just being facetious. 

[Tinkrbl44]

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@Nightowlz wrote:

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@Puppy Lips wrote:

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@Nightowlz wrote:

I think it's BS. She's not any different than anyone else. If that had been me I would still be in prison for quite some time.

People with wealth should be treated the same way as anyone else would be IMO.

So what if you have money you should not be able to commit crimes with a slap on the wrist.

The least they could do is make them apologize to the kids that missed out on their spot in these colleges that worked hard for it.

Makes me sick to my stomach literally.

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@Nightowlz I understand your feelings.  But, she is not a danger to society, and our taxes have to pay to have her in prison.  The community service at least gives back to the community.  I do think the fine should have been stiffer though. I don't know if this is possible, but it would have been nice if she had to give money to a scholarship fund for deserving students.

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@Puppy Lips 

Still not right. If that had been me or you we would have had to do prison time.

There's nothing any of them can do to make it right for the kids that should have got those spots in college.

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@Nightowlz 

Obviously, what she did was illegal.  HOWEVER, think about OJ ... he murdered two people and didn't do a day of prison time ... for that crime.

Another point ........   A lot of people here are unaware that almost NO ONE does their full sentence in California ... except serial killers.   CA prisons are so overcrowded and inmates always get bumped out a least a little early.  Those convicted of non-violent offenses do a percentage less than violent offenders.  And, as we all know, sentences vary from judge to judge.

Personally ... I think Felicity was deliberately given a lesser  sentence because she was to be the example of someone who admits guilt and just does their time, without fighting it in court for months on end.  JMO