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vvpan • yesterday at 2:54 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I did look up the numbers actually. On average women get lighter sentences for fraud, not exceptionally rare at all more like 30% shorter sentences. But on the other hand prominent women (CEOs) are much highly scrutinized, especially their departures so average and prominent here are not the same.

https://www.russellreynolds.com/en/about/newsroom/women-ceos...


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lowkey_ • yesterday at 6:24 PM

This is research conducted and published by an executive search firm in London, versus the mountains of actual academic studies somebody else linked on sentencing disparities.

lazide • yesterday at 4:02 PM

What is the rate? That is what I am referring to.