to 14 days in federal prison, 250 hours of community service, a year of supervised release and a $30,000 fine for her participation in the college admissions bribery scheme. It’s a relative slap on the wrist to other viral stories of educational fraud, like, an African-American single mom whose was convicted of two felonies and initially sentenced to five years in jail for using her children’s father’s address to put them in a better school district.
Huffman paid $15,000 for an SAT proctor to correct her daughter’s wrong answers, cheating the girl’s way into a better score . Huffman is the first of dozens of parents swept up in “Operation Varsity Blues” to face legal consequences, and her punishment is a sign of what may come for others. And so of course we want to see parents like Huffman punished, because what she did was really bad. There are only so many open seats in any college or university; each already-privileged student whose mom helps to cheat her way in is potentially taking the spot of someone for whom higher education could be life-changing – or who at least earned the seat on her own merit. We are rightly appalled by that breach, and we understandably want to see it punished.
America’s culture of incarceration is fueled by punitive vengefulness, a belief that jail time is the first answer to wrongdoing. And though people who break the social contract in deep and damaging ways do need to face some punishment, punishment isn’t the same as restitution.
Hillary has gotten away with everything over the last 40+ years. Now that’s lenient.
Bullshit.
Everybody with money takes bribes and pays bribes every day. Nobody notices. We call them by different names.
Its a good smack given she has no criminal history an is not likely to reoffend. It represents the gravity of the crime and the need for deterrence.
It’s fair because? How about because she’s white and wealthy.
What’s not fair is the young kids who had their placement stolen from them!!Stolen by Felicity huffman. 😔 specialtreamentforherkid
nope wrong
No it is NOT. How is it fair when two POOR BLACK moms were sentenced to YEARS for simply sending their kids to a better school district while she, who has EVERYTHING, committed an ACTUAL crime Huffman should have done at least a year.
It's extremely wrong but tremendously fair...comparing it to...let's say...the Trump litter of losers. Tell me, Daddy didn't graciously donate higher 'alumni' $$$ to expedite (oversee) their acceptance. Oh...just like Freddie Sr did 4 Pres. NumbNuts?
People spend longer time in jail for traffic tickets. Fair isn't the word that applies here.
No it's not fair!
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