The co-founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX pleaded not guilty to a seven count indictment charging him with wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering.

An attorney for FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried said in federal court Tuesday his client has to subsist on bread, water and peanut butter because the jail he’s in isn’t accommodating his vegan diet.

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    1 year ago

    The main thing is to dissuade people from doing what he did, right?

    Fuck around and find out and all that.

    If it has any actual use for anyone (e.g. separating dangerous people from society, taking stolen property/money back, preventing them from committing more crimes etc), that’s entirely unintentional.

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      1 year ago

      If it has any actual use for anyone (e.g. separating dangerous people from society, taking stolen property/money back, preventing them from committing more crimes etc), that’s entirely unintentional.

      shouldn’t those sorts of things be the actual goal of any “justice system”?

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      1 year ago

      The main thing is to dissuade people from doing what he did, right?

      but that doesn’t work.