Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to 11.25 years in prison, but will only serve roughly nine-and-a-half.

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      It’s the US and he’s not as rich as her.

      If she had more money she would’ve stayed out of jail.

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      He was repeat exec who arguably should have known better. He also was closer to the actual lab operations and the functional execution of fraudulent activities.

      I’m not sure I buy it.

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      Could be that he was less of a sympathetic figure due to his ostentatious and flashy spending habits, and… she’s a woman.