# Former President Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 6, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison/811948 "2018-04-06T23:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison/811948/1 "2018-04-06T23:39:16Z")
[Park loses her case.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/south-korean-court-finds-ousted-park-guilty-bribery-062950804.html) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison/811948/2 "2018-04-07T01:56:32Z")
At first I thought this was about former President Lula of Brazil. Getting hard to keep all the corrupt former Presidents straight. > **[Arrest warrant issued for Brazil's former president over corruption conviction...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/arrest-warrant-brazil-president-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-1.4607252)** > > A Brazilian federal judge issues an arrest warrant for former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison/811948/3 "2018-04-07T02:10:35Z")
At first I thought I had been projected into the future and this was about a certain current president. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison/811948/4 "2018-04-07T02:12:07Z")
Darn, I was hoping that this was a thread that had fallen through a wormhole from 2 years in the future. ETA: Damn you wolfpup! ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison/811948/5 "2018-04-07T02:45:19Z")
Justice. Hey I remember that. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison/811948/6 "2018-04-07T02:53:31Z")
I don’t expect anything to happen between now and 2021, but once the market crashes and the country is on the precipice, I suspect all kinds of people are going to want a piece of Trump and his supporters. He could end up being the first American president (ex president) to be convicted of crimes and jailed. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison/811948/7 "2018-04-07T06:16:18Z")
It’s about time Jimmy Carter answered for his crimes. Oh wait…Park Geun-hye? Okay, Carter, you win this round but your day will come. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison/811948/8 "2018-04-07T11:43:26Z")
Former president of Egypt was given a life sentence but he was given a new trial and was not guilty the 2nd time around. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison/811948/9 "2018-04-07T18:00:27Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [Park loses her case.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/south-korean-court-finds-ousted-park-guilty-bribery-062950804.html) Not too much of a surprise. I actually was thinking this was about Bush, perhaps or hoping that since I haven’t been paying attention to the news much lately that I missed Donald getting impeached and the prosecuted with a sentence of 24 years (which would be a life sentence to him) without the possibility of anything but bread and water, let alone parole… ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison/811948/10 "2018-04-07T18:07:55Z")
Sounds like an excessively heavy sentence to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison/811948/11 "2018-04-07T18:49:06Z")
> **[Another former Peruvian president is sent to jail, this time as part of...](https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-peru-humala-20170714-story.html)** > > Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and his wife were in jail Friday after a judge ordered the couple detained for up to 18 months while prosecutors pursue money laundering and other charges against them. Peru has a former president in prison for 25 years. Another one was arrested last year and a 3rd one is wanted but cannot be found. A hat trick!