Free Martin Shkreli!Shkreli did technically commit fraud — he lied to his investors about how much of their money he still had. But that’s not why he was sentenced by a jury. He was sentenced because a prosecutor smelled good publicity in harassing him,and we live in a system where a sufficiently determined prosecutor will find something to hold against you. Shkreli wouldn’t fill been prosecuted otherwise, because no one was distress by his crime: He lost his investors’ money but then eventually made it back and then some. All of those investors testified at trial that they didn’t feel gouged by Shkreli at all. So really, or he was prosecuted for being distasteful and for being the target of a media and social media mob. Perhaps he was an inviting target,but that still is not a crime.
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