Comment by MBCook
18 hours ago
“Federal law generally limits jail time for contempt of court to 18 months. But a federal appeals court in 2019 rejected Thompson’s argument that that law applies to him, saying his refusal violated conditions of a plea agreement.”
https://apnews.com/article/tommy-thompson-gold-coins-shipwre...
18 months is long enough to bankrupt someone and ruin their life. What a shame. No one should have that kind of power.
This is a tough one for me.
This guy took millions of dollars in people's private investment. Found the treasure, hid the treasure, and then refused to comply with a court order to make the investors whole.
What should the punishment for this be?
I'm saying that a judge having the power to do that to anyone is wrong. I'm not talking about this particular case.
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they invested 12 million and he provided 50 million no?
People can lose that much of their life just waiting for trials sometimes, I think.
The system has a lot of problems for the number of “criminals” we arrest.