It's just absurd that the Silk Road founder got a life sentence without parole
• Business InsiderIt's time we Americans woke up to the fact that our desire to be "tough on crime" has gone way past the point of fairness and usefulness and is now just ruining lives and consuming precious resources that could be far better used elsewhere.
Not unlike Frank Abagnale, Jr. Life imprison without parole - until he went to work for the feds. Then he was out pretty quickly. And they helped him launch a successful career helping the establishment.