09-13-2019, 09:50 PM
NewtonMP2100 wrote:
....this is for a $15,000 crime which hurt no one [ really - even though it was questionable morally ] and she is a 1st time offender.....seems on the harsh side to me.....
IMHO, the crime did indeed hurt others in the student acceptance process by gaming the process and making the rich vs. poor divide even worse. (*)
Harsh , perhaps, but it's a warning...
Pour Encouragez Les Autres... (Voltaire, in reference to the execution of an English Admiral for losing a battle with the French)
https://wordhistories.net/2016/10/22/pou...es-autres/
(*) Did nothing to remove the long standing tradition of donations/endowments directly to universities with a wink wink nudge nudge to get undeserving offspring into the institution. A few US Presidents in the 21st century seem to have benefited from that ancient process.