[Rodney King]

On Sept. 18, 2000, Denise Voigt Crawford, the Texas Securities Commissioner, was able to announce that Russell Allen Erxleben had been sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge James R. Nowlin to a total of 84 months in federal prison, a $1 million fine, and $28 million in restitution in connection with his conviction for one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, and a second count of securities fraud in connection with his activities as president of Austin Forex International, Inc.

84 months? One legitimate complaint that Jesse Jackson et. al. have is the fact that if a black kid robs someone of a few hundred bucks, they get longer in jail than people who steal millions.

[fizziwig]

"if a black kid robs someone of a few hundred bucks, they get longer in jail than people who steal millions"

Same goes for a white kid. Its true, the more you steal the less time you do.

Corsi better have his facts straight. I trusted him and Oneill regarding Kerry and until proven otherwise, I will trust him on this.

[green iguana]

if a black kid robs someone of a few hundred bucks, they get longer in jail than people who steal millions

Off topic, but in cases like this it's not about the money. Someone who steals millions in a ponzi scheme or fraud is only stealing money. Someone who robs a person of a few hundred bucks and gets a long sentence is usually doing so at knife or gun point. That's what brings the long sentence, not the amount of money.

[msnimje]

84 months? One legitimate complaint that Jesse Jackson et. al. have is the fact that if a black kid robs someone of a few hundred bucks, they get longer in jail than people who steal millions.

I am not EXCUSING illegal behavior but the folks that embezzle millions of dollars don't usually use bodily harm or the threat thereof during the commission of a crime. Person to Person robberies are almost always violent.