I have a dumb question. Is there any way that this is actually a good thing? I assume that if one is sentenced to prison, they may be ordered to report to prison pending appeal. Then based on the outcome of that [those] appeal[s], they may have to continue being imprisoned or may be released from prison. So if one is sent to prison, there’s a certain chance that they will be out three to six months later, but a lesser chance that they will be out a week later, as I imagine there is a delay for the appeal to be heard.
Am I just clutching at straws of optimism / I have no idea how any of this works?
Maybe not, but damn it, that’s our reality. I kind of like it better than the hollow virtue signaling these days. And of course it would be great if corporations could actually be virtuous, but apparently that’s been litigated away.