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All sorts of comments (not just here) point out that Huffman's sentence was a "slap on the wrist," then proceed to discuss other situations where a similar transgression received a much longer sentence. Ergo, the right thing to do is to give everyone long sentences.

It's the logical conclusion of the general commentary that I cite above. Otherwise, bringing in other people's situations and sentences has no relevance. I suppose I should have said "It sounds like some are arguing...."
My bad. So shoot me, or better yet, lock me up for an extended period of time so that I am not perceived as getting a slap on the wrist.

My comment was a general, hypothetical one. No need to take it personally.

And now, for anyone who thinks that Huffman's two weeks isn't real jail time, I introduce you to Stephen Semprevivo, who is getting four months for paying to have his son introduced to Georgetown as a fictitious tennis recruit.

https://www.axios.com/stephen-...dc-a0de9679e2ce.html

As the article points out, Devin Sloane also got four months for introducing his son to USC (Southern California) as a water polo recruit.

The next one to be sentenced, next week, is Gordon Caplan ... who was the co-chair of a major law firm, and also pleaded guilty. Presumably, if he thought there was some doubt about the legal basis for the charges, he had the capacity to contest that. He didn't.

Lori Laughlin must be shaking in her boots. Four months is what you get for what she did ... with a guilty plea.

Four months is not long enough for willfully perpetuating a fraud of that magnitude.

Maybe not. I'd have to look at comparative fraud sentences, which I'd bet the prosecutors did.

There also has to be an incentive to plead guilty.

Gordon Caplan, the former co-chair of a major New York law firm (Wilkie Farr), got a month in jail.

And trouble with the bar association, one might assume.

https://www.washingtonpost.com...-admissions-scandal/

A Napa Valley winemaker was sentenced to five months. This was thought to be a landmark because he was on both the test cheating and athlete recruiting sides of the scandal.

https://www.latimes.com/califo...e-admissions-scandal