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Trial Penalty Or Lack Of Remorse? 'Varsity Blues' Stirs Debate

By Chris Villani (February 23, 2022, 2:24 PM EST) -- The only two parents convicted at trial in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case have received the stiffest sentences, reinvigorating an age-old debate over whether defendants are unfairly penalized for resisting what one former judge called the "rush to the courthouse to fall on your sword."...

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