This was discussed in group emails weeks ago, but for some reason it has popped into my mind more than a few times since.
Full story here, but the Cliff's is that the guy, Christian Lusardi, who attempted to use counterfeit Borgata T5k chips a while back (previous story here) recently pleaded guilty to charges resulting from a DVD bootlegging operation which appears to have resulted in $1.3MM in sales. He was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release and ordered to pay $1.1MM in restitution.
I made known in the email thread my feelings about the sentence, but I'm curious whether there is a consensus, so vote above for what prison term you think is reasonable. Assume for the purposes of your vote that you can also sentence him to whatever period of supervised release following incarceration and order whatever restitution you wish.
Full story here, but the Cliff's is that the guy, Christian Lusardi, who attempted to use counterfeit Borgata T5k chips a while back (previous story here) recently pleaded guilty to charges resulting from a DVD bootlegging operation which appears to have resulted in $1.3MM in sales. He was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release and ordered to pay $1.1MM in restitution.
I made known in the email thread my feelings about the sentence, but I'm curious whether there is a consensus, so vote above for what prison term you think is reasonable. Assume for the purposes of your vote that you can also sentence him to whatever period of supervised release following incarceration and order whatever restitution you wish.