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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: sfreeman8 on September 13, 2019, 12:51:08 pm
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Felicity was sentence to a whole 14 days in prison for cheating and screwing some other kid who worked hard to get into that college but wasn't admitted because the cheating parents paid for their daughter to be admitted. Well, this just gives the other 50 people arrested in the college cheat scheme hope. The rich and powerful win again. If it was one of us lowly peons, we'd spend years in jail. >:( >:( >:(
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There are many business scams in this world!
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Is she the one who confess to guilty? If so, I still think 14 days is not enough. Her actions hurt more than herself. I harmed her kids and I wouldn't think it unusual is they never trusted her again. A terrible way to ruin a family! :(
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She knew what she was doing. I don't think she got enough time. Other kids had to work so hard to get in while she cheated for her daughter to go and it is not right. But because she is a movie star and has money she got away with it.
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Part & parcel of having rich people privilege....
She also got 1 year probation, $30,000 fine, & 250 hours community service. IMHO, she should have gotten house arrest & more of a fine. Prison isn't the answer, she'll go to a country club prison & be out in hours due to over crowding... perks of being a 1% er.
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I think that she got off easy because she is a celebrity.
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Money talks...
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I believe Anything that can be bought, can be bought. Not surprised
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Not surprising since some celebrities have enough money to have the most powerful lawyers to get less or no prison time. There are many scams out there.
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Politicians get their kids into these renown universities all the time by bribes and payoffs. I think they should be investigated and punished as well.
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A slap on the wrist. I read about a lower-middle-class African American woman who lied about her address so her son could enroll in a better elementary school. She was sentenced to 90 days and three years of probation. So much for fair and equitable justice.
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She hired an amazing lawyer.
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She should be made to set up a scholarship fund for poor students as well.
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Who knows what side deal was made to reduce the sentence. I'm think more money under the table in the guise of charity.
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My dad always said money goes to money and the rich can always buy their way out of anything. This maybe the case but the punishment should did not fit crime in this case.
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She got more than she was asking for but it still wasn't enough. It is so disheartening to see how the rich people get by with crimes that a poor person would spend years in jail for just because of their money and influence. I have witnessed it first hand in my community. A very wealthy family's son killed two people in a DUI accident (was his 2nd DUI) and go not jail time. A boy from a poor family killed one person in a DUI accident and spent 10 years in jail. He had no prior DUI.
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14 days does not seem the fit punishment. I guess we have to let the greater powers above give her the real sentence when her day comes.
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She hired an amazing lawyer.
So true my thoughts also.
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I feel sorry for her kids - no where to go to school and a mother who can't be trusted
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Honestly, I am not surprised that she essentially got away with breaking the law. Yes, she earned herself a 14-day prison sentence, but it was 14 DAYS. The average Joe/Jane would have received much harsher penalties.
Hmm, if all I had to do was be a celebrity in order to break the law...(sarcasm)
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Te verdict is not surprising. If Felicity Huffman, and the other guilty parties, had enough money to buy their children's way into ivy league colleges, they certainly had enough money to buy the courts held responsible for dispensing judgement on their sentences. Sadly it was the children who legitimately applied for these schools, and declined admittance due to the acceptance of children with privilege, who payed the penalties. I have no pity for the children who are now suffer the adverse publicity and shame as I feel they knew that strings were being pulled into schools that they did not qualify for. Cheaters and liars should ultimately pay the consequences. Unfortunately, Felicity Huffman's career could not have sunk much further and she received alot of publicity off of her selfish act.
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Felicity Huffman isn't the only person who has done that. There are so many others who has done the same thing. I don't think that action will stop anyone from making it easier for their child to get into a favored College.
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14 days in prison is just a slap on the wrist even if you consider that she has to pay a 30,000.00 fine and serve 250 hours of community service I don't believe it's enough.
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The real tell will be to see how much Lori Loughlin ultimately gets. Huffman pled guilty and that usually amounts to a lesser sentence regardless. LL decided to fight it and she has to be crapping her pants now knowing that she is most likely going to be found guilty and will get hit with a larger sentence.
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I would like it better if punishments fit crimes better. Felicity Huffman should have been forced to put a kid though college as her punishment instead of sticking her in a jail which does nobody any good.