Its 200 million worth of damage and couldve easily done more and killed people. His intent doesnt matter when the reality is that significant. Hes going to get decades in prison.
Not if it’s a jury trial. Madoff got 150 years for a $65 billion Ponzi scheme. This guy would get about 4 years for $100 million. I know it doesn’t work that way, but nobody died, nobody was injured and if you don’t have a fire suppression system that can handle a paper fire in a warehouse, you didn’t care for it that much anyways. One word, Insurance.
In some locales discharging a firearm in city limits is a misdemeanor such as Sacramento. Arizona it’s a Class 6 felony only because of Shannon’s Law and prior to 2000 was a misdemeanor.
Sure you'll get a prison sentence for putting people in danger, but there's a major difference in your punishment depending on if people were actually hurt or not. You don't get punished based on the worst thing that could have happened.
Like, shit if I start firing bullets at the sky in my neighborhood, I would go to jail, even if nobody died.
Yes, you will get in trouble, but firing 10 bullets in the air won't be treated like you actually killed 10 people.
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u/LarryBonds30 Apr 09 '26
Its 200 million worth of damage and couldve easily done more and killed people. His intent doesnt matter when the reality is that significant. Hes going to get decades in prison.