<story><title>Theranos Criminal Case Is Broader Than Publicly Disclosed, Prosecutors Say</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-12/theranos-criminal-case-is-broader-than-disclosed-u-s-says?srnd=premium</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tptacek</author><text>Pretty obviously because a pot charge is typically simple to adjudicate (you were arrested, you had pot, that&amp;#x27;s illegal) and white-collar investor and product fraud cases are not. The criminal case against Balwani and Holmes is complicated, and it will take time to resolve.&lt;p&gt;(Relatively few people are at this point in jail for smoking pot, for whatever that&amp;#x27;s worth to you).</text></item><item><author>samfisher83</author><text>Why aren&amp;#x27;t Holmes and the other guy in jail. I mean there are people in jail for smoking pot and these guys did massive fraud and they are free.&lt;p&gt;I hope they don&amp;#x27;t just give them some fine. Makes the judicial system look bad.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>eganist</author><text>&amp;gt; Pretty obviously because—&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not. It might seem to be the case to you, me, and others with some understanding of the legal system in the United States, but when we consider the background knowledge of the legal system required to understand how cases are adjudicated, this is objectively quite generally not obvious.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; (Relatively few people are at this point in jail for smoking pot, for whatever that&amp;#x27;s worth to you).&lt;p&gt;Compared to what? If Virginia is any indication of trends among non-decriminalized or non-legalized states, it&amp;#x27;s &lt;i&gt;relatively high.&lt;/i&gt; (I&amp;#x27;m nitpicking, of course: there&amp;#x27;s a substantial difference between jail and prison; I&amp;#x27;m assuming your definition—innocently, mind you—does not distinguish between the two.) &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ww.google.com&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;s&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;amphtml&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;wonk&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;31&amp;#x2F;heres-how-much-virginia-taxpayers-are-spending-to-jail-marijuana-users&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ww.google.com&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;s&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;amphtml&amp;#x2F;n...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Theranos Criminal Case Is Broader Than Publicly Disclosed, Prosecutors Say</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-12/theranos-criminal-case-is-broader-than-disclosed-u-s-says?srnd=premium</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tptacek</author><text>Pretty obviously because a pot charge is typically simple to adjudicate (you were arrested, you had pot, that&amp;#x27;s illegal) and white-collar investor and product fraud cases are not. The criminal case against Balwani and Holmes is complicated, and it will take time to resolve.&lt;p&gt;(Relatively few people are at this point in jail for smoking pot, for whatever that&amp;#x27;s worth to you).</text></item><item><author>samfisher83</author><text>Why aren&amp;#x27;t Holmes and the other guy in jail. I mean there are people in jail for smoking pot and these guys did massive fraud and they are free.&lt;p&gt;I hope they don&amp;#x27;t just give them some fine. Makes the judicial system look bad.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>DSingularity</author><text>I don’t know how I feel about this. At some point this just seems like BS, a rigged system where the crimes of the rich and white are “too complicated to prosecute” while the crimes of the poor and the minorities are so simple and easy.&lt;p&gt;Please. One day this system will collapse on itself.</text></comment>