What do you think of the Sherri Papini case?

[Red Gold]

What do you think of the Sherri Papini case?

Sherri Papini, the California mother who faked her own kidnapping in 2016 in a hoax that was exposed with the help of advances in DNA technology, was sentenced to a year and a half in prison on Monday, according to a release from the Department of Justice.

Judge William B. Shubb determined Papini, 40, should serve 18 months in prison followed by 36 months of supervised release after she admitted to the hoax and pleaded guilty in April to mail fraud and making false statements. She was also ordered to pay nearly $310,000 in restitution.

Sherri Papini: California woman who faked her own kidnapping sentenced to 18 months in prison - CNN

I think faking a kidnapping is so mean that she should have deserved a stricter sentence.

 

[Red Gold]

What Wiki knows about the case:

An American woman named Sherri Papini disappeared from her husband and family on November 2, 2016, reportedly while out jogging a mile from her home in Redding, California.[1] Papini was 34 years old at the time. She reappeared three weeks later on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, having been reportedly freed by her captors at 4:30 that morning still wearing restraints, on the side of County Road 17 near Interstate 5 in Yolo County, about 150 miles (240 km) south of where she disappeared.[2]

The case garnered major media attention, with national law enforcement experts reporting doubts or otherwise baffled as to the unlikely details and inconsistencies of the reported abduction.

On March 3, 2022, Papini was arrested on charges of making false statements to federal law enforcement officers and for mail fraud. According to the DOJ, Papini fabricated the story of her abduction. She had reportedly been staying with a former boyfriend during the time she was supposedly missing and had harmed herself in order to give credence to her false narrative. She maintained her story when questioned by a federal agent and a detective from the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office in August 2020, despite being advised that it was a crime to lie to a federal agent. From 2017 to 2021, Papini had received over $30,000 from the California Victim's Compensation Board.

More:

Sherri Papini kidnapping hoax - Wikipedia

 

[returntosender]

I think she is mentally off, prison won't help that. She should have to make financial restitution and get mental help

 

[Red Gold]

I think she is mentally off

Is she really?
Or did she not think to be specially clever?

 

[Tropical Wilds]

She got more than I thought she would but less than she likely deserved. I’m glad she’s paying restitution at least. Clearly she had mental health issues and I hope they’re dealt with.

 

[Red Gold]

Clearly she had mental health issues

That is no excuse.
We all have mental health issues - but we do not do such mean things because of this.

 

[Tropical Wilds]

That is no excuse.
We all have mental health issues - but we do not do such mean things because of this.

I meant that I hope her mental health issues are dealt with, not that I think it’s an excuse for what she did. Yes, a lot of us have mental health issues but hers seem more acute than most others and clearly needs some sort of intervention.

 

[The Barbarian]

Being mentally ill is not the same thing as not being responsible for one's actions. But I wish the sentence had required her to get help for her illness.

 

[returntosender]

Is she really?
Or did she not think to be specially clever?

A person that is mentally healthy does not do what she did.

 

[disciple Clint]

What do you think of the Sherri Papini case?


Sherri Papini: California woman who faked her own kidnapping sentenced to 18 months in prison - CNN

I think faking a kidnapping is so mean that she should have deserved a stricter sentence.

I am shocked that anyone in California is getting jail time. Seems that even killing someone in that state results in a slap on the wrist.

 

[The Barbarian]

I am shocked that anyone in California is getting jail time. Seems that even killing someone in that state results in a slap on the wrist.

Hmm... that should mean homicide rates would be very high in California... (Barbarian checks)

Turns out California isn't even in the top 10. As you would expect, the top 7 are deep red states.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...tates-with-the-highest-homicide-rates-in-2020

(Barbarian looks further)

California was 29th from the top:
List of U.S. states and territories by intentional homicide rate - Wikipedia

 

[returntosender]

I am shocked that anyone in California is getting jail time. Seems that even killing someone in that state results in a slap on the wrist.

Does that include that famous guy who killed his wife and her friend?

 

[disciple Clint]

Hmm... that should mean homicide rates would be very high in California... (Barbarian checks)

Turns out California isn't even in the top 10. As you would expect, the top 7 are deep red states.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...tates-with-the-highest-homicide-rates-in-2020

(Barbarian looks further)

California was 29th from the top:
List of U.S. states and territories by intentional homicide rate - Wikipedia

California is in the 21st percentile for safety, meaning 79% of states are safer and 21% of states are more dangerous. California Violent Crime Rates and Maps | CrimeGrade.org
There were 176,982 cases of rape, robbery, murder, and aggrevated assault committed in California in 2018, more violent crimes than in any other state. Of course, California is also the most populous state, but violent crime is still disproportionately high. The state is home to about 12% of the U.S. population but is also the site of about 14% of all violent crimes.

Despite a greater concentration of serious crimes, the state has a lower incarceration rate than most states. There are just 424 adults in California state and federal prisons for every 100,000 state residents 18 and over, below the 568 per 100,000 average across all states. Crime in the US: All 50 states ranked by murder, violent crime rates

 

[The Barbarian]

California is in the 21st percentile for safety, meaning 79% of states are safer and 21% of states are more dangerous. California Violent Crime Rates and Maps | CrimeGrade.org

FBI stats say that California is the 17th most violent state in the union.
List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate - Wikipedia

That would mean that It is the most violent blue state, likely due to the fact that the population is more urban than most states.

"Safety" would include hazards other than violent crime, but your site is puzzling there too, as California has one of the highest life expectancies of all states:
List of U.S. states and territories by life expectancy - Wikipedia

However, the question is whether or not severe penalties are discouraging homicides. Since most of the states with higher homicide rates than California kill murderers, the data suggest that they do not.

 

[returntosender]

They're having the whole story on her on abc Friday night.