Both of these letters are fascinating, but I can only wonder what a judge will think reading letters from two academic lawyers that are also the defendants parents.
These letters also spend a lot of time painting a picture of moral clarity and show a picture deeply involved in researching a decision.
With that, how could such person not see they are clearly doing something wrong?
When are Barbara Fried, Joseph Bankman, Sam Trabucco, and the others going to be charged in all of this?
This letter should hopefully fall on deaf ears. It contains nothing of substance. Sam was responsible for his actions and knew what he was doing, was he not? That's what the entire trial was for. All of the other stuff is inconsequential. If Sam can't feel happiness and just wants to bring others happiness, then it's a strange lifestyle to order lavish meals, penthouses, private jets, hobnobbing with celebrities and politicians, etc. And she contradicts her own statement that prison has afforded Sam little opportunities to do good. And to a certain extent, prison is to not afford opportunities to people to do harm to the world. Sam and his cohorts cost many people because of narcissism and effectively an addiction to gambling.
Since he was over the age of 18, I doubt his parents will be charged for anything. Though, with our legal system, maybe so. This is different than the Crumbley case - he was under the age of 18 and his parents were still responsible for his behaviour.
His parents were very likely very much a part and aware of the fraud. They had a house in the Bahamas purchased by the company. Joseph Bankman was part of the day to day. Barbara Fried was handling all the political donations. The trial had several parts that showed just how involved they were. They weren't just parents on the sidelines and unaware.
His parents seem ethically deficient and altogether awful human beings. But I can only go off of what another department thinks of them.
So much harm has come to this world through earnestly "good intentions." At least in this case it was largely only financial.
Both of these letters are fascinating, but I can only wonder what a judge will think reading letters from two academic lawyers that are also the defendants parents.
These letters also spend a lot of time painting a picture of moral clarity and show a picture deeply involved in researching a decision.
With that, how could such person not see they are clearly doing something wrong?
Affluenza is a hell of a disease.
Indeed it is
When are Barbara Fried, Joseph Bankman, Sam Trabucco, and the others going to be charged in all of this?
This letter should hopefully fall on deaf ears. It contains nothing of substance. Sam was responsible for his actions and knew what he was doing, was he not? That's what the entire trial was for. All of the other stuff is inconsequential. If Sam can't feel happiness and just wants to bring others happiness, then it's a strange lifestyle to order lavish meals, penthouses, private jets, hobnobbing with celebrities and politicians, etc. And she contradicts her own statement that prison has afforded Sam little opportunities to do good. And to a certain extent, prison is to not afford opportunities to people to do harm to the world. Sam and his cohorts cost many people because of narcissism and effectively an addiction to gambling.
Since he was over the age of 18, I doubt his parents will be charged for anything. Though, with our legal system, maybe so. This is different than the Crumbley case - he was under the age of 18 and his parents were still responsible for his behaviour.
His parents were very likely very much a part and aware of the fraud. They had a house in the Bahamas purchased by the company. Joseph Bankman was part of the day to day. Barbara Fried was handling all the political donations. The trial had several parts that showed just how involved they were. They weren't just parents on the sidelines and unaware.
why didn’t he go with the “i’m addicted to stimulant emsam which has the labeled side effect of compulsive gambling and money seeking behavior”
He still thinks he never did any wrongdoing.
Father's letter - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.59...