Re: This has to stop!
"If convicted here he would most likely get 6 years.
If convicted in the USA he would get 60 years."
That's the differences in the two justice systems. Here in the UK we usually only charge with the higher or worst of the charges while in the USA they tend to throw the whole book at the accused in attempts to make many charges as possible stick. There's also the various interstate "wire fraud" charges that probably don't even exist here. And finally, here in the UK, even if multiple charges are brought, prosecuted and convicted on, the multiple sentences are normally served concurrently rather than consecutively as seems to be the norm in the USA. Sometimes it's a moral decision as to which might be the better route. In this case I'd probably lean a little more towards the UK justice system as being the better option, but only by a hair.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
