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here's my takeaway from this story: you REALLY need a good lawyer if you're gonna have any contact with the legal system at all.

here's my second takeaway from this story: nothing is ever as simple as it sounds. there's a lot of bad decisions evident in this story that really seem to have nothing to do with that initial bad decision (credit card fraud).

Any decent lawyer should have been able to negotiate the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor.

I've seen it done for much more serious crimes than a credit card charge.

Takeaway: Be wealthy. Don't be unwealthy.

America...you know how we do

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