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Elizabeth Holmes' prison release date was just announced, and she'll serve nearly 2 years less than her 11-year sentence (www.businessinsider.com)
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Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to 11.25 years in prison, but will only serve roughly nine-and-a-half.

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How did her 2nd in command end up with a longer sentence?

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

He was repeat exec who arguably should have known better. He also was closer to the actual lab operations and the functional execution of fraudulent activities.

I’m not sure I buy it.

[–] Quaternions@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

She had a better lawyer?

[–] bighi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It’s the US and he’s not as rich as her.

If she had more money she would’ve stayed out of jail.

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Could be that he was less of a sympathetic figure due to his ostentatious and flashy spending habits, and... she's a woman.